Into Battle Election Update 2015

Here is our Into Battle Election Update - putting a few things straight!  Click on the photo to read all about it:

Into Battle: sneak peak

Here is our Into Battle Election Special 2014.

Click here for the full edition!

It includes:

• Councillor Hacker Demands Action on the Cost of Water
• Parfks Upgrade - update on the Battle Hospital developer contribution
• Tories are Failing Local Children
• Improving the Oxford Road
• Campigning for Families
• Fly-tipping and Litter Patrol
• To Stop or Not To Stop
• Well done RBC
• Sherwood Street Parking Request
• Well Done Wilson School
• Stand up to Loan Sharks

We have a long history of keeping residents informed throughout the year and it's not something we are going to be stopping.  We believe it is important.  You elected us and you deserve to know we are working hard for you, all year round.

As well as our newsletter, which we deliver throughout Battle ward, you can also keep up to date with what I am up to these ways:

On this blog: www.cllrsarahhacker.blogspot.com
On Facebook: www.facebook.com/CllrSarahHacker
On Twitter: www.twitter.com/CllrSarahHacker

Please feel free to get in touch on Twitter and Facebook as well as the more traditional methods found in the tab at the top of the blog.

Into Battle Update: Sherwood Street and Beresford Road

We don't sit on our laurels in Battle ward!   Just after our Into Battles went to print we made a huge step forward with two of the issues highlighted.

Beresford Road:  it's being proposed that Beresford Road and surrounding streets, shown below, become a 20mph zone after residents expressed concerns about safety.  We brought this up with officers a few weeks ago and it was included in the latest Oxford Road Corridor Study (ORCS) update at the last Traffic Management Sub-committee.

As a regular user of Beresford Road I know only too well how tight the road is for drivers and how hard it is to cross!

It will also be reviewed in phase two of the ORCS once both new Cow Lane bridges are open and changes to traffic flow can be considered.

Google Map.  https://maps.google.co.uk/maps?q=beresford+road&oe=utf-8&client=firefox-a&channel=sb&ie=UTF-8&ei=xlw1U-2XDYKThgeM9YD4Dw&ved=0CAgQ_AUoAQ

Sherwood Street:  At the last Traffic Management Sub-committee there was a request to look at Little Johns Lane as a potential area for residents parking.  I saw little use in looking at just one road in this area so requested so, in the meeting, I asked for the whole area to be considered for residents parking. 

The Sherwood Street area is an enclosed area with the only entry/exits being Chester Street, Little Johns Lane, Gordon Place and Alma Street into the Oxford Road.  If a small area is given residents parking, the parking issues will just be shifted into a nearby street which just moves the problem, not solves.  This is why the whole area is being considered and I have asked it include the following streets:

Sherwood Street
Little Johns Lane
Chester Street
Gordon Place
Alma Street
Dorset Street
Westbrook Road
Fulmead Road and Thornton Mews

We will of course consult residents and the results of the consultation will determine what happens.  If most people don't feel they need residents parking, the scheme will not go ahead.

Into Battle Spring 2014 - read it here......

Here is the latest edition of Into Battle, our ward newsletter.  They should be dropping through Battle resident's doors over the next couple of weeks.  If you haven't had one, let us know or just read it here!  Just click on the image for the full edition:

Into Battle Spring 2013: What have Battle Councillors been doing?

As Battle residents elected Cllr Chris Maskell, Cllr Gul Khan and I, they have every right to know what we have been doing for them.  We publish a newsletter 3-4 times a year and deliver it to every household in the ward.  Here's the latest edition on Into Battle.  Click on the picture for the full pdf:

I am proud about what Labour councillors have achieved for Battle Ward.  You can see more of what we've been up to in the In The Press tab above.

Latest Into Battle and a thank you from Cllr Khan

Here is a copy of our latest Into Battle, at the printers as I type. Paper copies will be delivered to Battle residents shortly.  Click on the picture to read the full newsletter.

Vote Labour & Gul Khan in Battle on 3 May

Into Battle: Election Special 2012

Battle Ward Labour Party and councillors produce several Into Battles a year.  There are copies of past editions linked in the pages above.

We feel it's important to let residents know what we are doing for them as their elected representatives and that we are working hard for them on the issues that are important to residents of Battle.

So, hot off the press and not even printed yet, the Into Battle Election Special.  Click on the picture for the full edition.

Battle residents should have one delivered to them shortly.  Let me know if you don't.