THE CONSERVATIVE County Council has now passed its budget, removing most of the money it used to provide to subsidise bus routes. Although the new budget starts on 1 April, the arrangements with the bus companies are on 3 months’ notice, so nothing will happen immediately. Council officers will be asking bus companies whether they […]

THE CHRONICLE’S report was an accurate report – as far as it went. It mentioned the visit of a group of skateboarders to the meeting to demonstrate their enthusiastic support for the £250,000 which the Lib Dem Council has allocated to develop an international standard skate park in Northampton. The report also pictured protestors against […]

A new recycling facility at the old sewage works in Blisworth (next to Young’s nursery) is set to process 25,000 tonnes of waste every year. That means 25,000 tonnes in, and 25,000 tonnes out. The facility was strongly opposed by Blisworth and Milton Malsor Parish Councils, as well as residents in West Hunsbury. The facility […]

“As I travel around West Hunsbury it’s obvious from the type of traffic I see in Ladybridge Drive and Hunsbury Hill Road that the ‘Local Access Only’ signs are simply not working. Here’s an example of a truck in Ladybridge Drive seen earlier in February” says Jill Hope “What is needed in Hunsbury are 7.5 […]

JILL HOPE COMMENTS: “When I was a Borough Councillor for West Hunsbury I campaigned long and hard for the roundabout that was finally built at the junction of Ladybridge Drive and Towcester Road, because of repeated accidents there. December 2010 saw a serious multi-vehicle pile-up at the junction of Towcester Road and Rowtree Road. I […]