Shropshire Liberal Democrats - fighting for fair funding for Shropshire schools and marching against Conservative education cuts
Ruth Houghton, Shropshire Councillor for Bishop's Castle Division has submitted a question to the next Shropshire Council meeting on 24th February urging it to take action to bring any empty houses in the County back to the market either for sale or rent.
Ruth explained: "We have a major problem with the lack of affordable homes for local people in Shropshire, both in urban areas and in rural communities such as South Shropshire. Building more affordable properties for sale or rent is certainly needed but we also have a great many properties lying empty which could provide people in our local communities with a home".
COMPLAINTS AS A49 LITTER SOARS
Vivienne Parry, Shropshire Councillor for Ludlow South is calling on Highways England to increase efforts to clear the mounting piles of litter along verges to the A49 around Ludlow
Vivienne said: "The long periods of lockdown have had a major impact on our areas both in terms of collection of litter coupled with a serious upsurge in litter being dropped on the roadside especially along main roads. roundabouts and junctions are particularly bad. I've noticed that the junctions leading to Sheet Road, Ludlow, Richards Castle, and Ashford Carbonell are amongst the worst.
Nigel Hartin, Shropshire Councillor for Clun Division, is urging residents to claim for damages from the Council after a spate of incidents involving poor repairs by Council contractors.
Nigel said: "There is still a big backlog of repairs to potholes to be done right across the County with a great many still to be repaired in the Clun area. What is worse, many of those repairs already done are of a lamentable bad quality. I have a number of complaints of newly repaired holes being washed away.
Vivienne Parry, Shropshire Councillor for Ludlow South, has strongly criticised Shropshire for repeatedly failing to take action on a flooding blackspot adjacent to the A49.
Vivienne said: "I have been urging the Council for months to take action on this problem. There is a gap in a critical drain leading to repeated flooding. It poses to hazard to motorists as well as those using (in normal times) the Travel Lodge, coffee bar, and the new petrol station."
