Greater Reading Lib Dems

Across Tilehurst ward, residents are backing Liberal Democrat candidate Ricky Duveen - a campaigner against Labour’s plan to turn Reading’s IDR one-way - to continue the 40-year tradition of local action on the Borough Council - rather than the Tories whose record of action in Tilehurst is non-existent.

Ricky says: "People recognise the excellent service the Lib Dem team has given residents and the hard work your councillors put in - all year round. I will be proud to continue that record of service started by Jim Day back in 1963, and will work hard for all residents as your new Councillor."

Park Lane School

This is the most significant change in Tilehurst for many years. We have worked hard and patiently to find a solution for a new Park Lane School. The new proposals will come out for local consultation in the New Year. The key points are:
• A new school, health centre, library and Nursery school on the Laurels Site
• The land of the present nursery school will be returned to Blagrave Recreation and the large swing areas and the Horticultural Hut will be part of the new school’s grounds. This means a slight increase in the size of Blagrave Rec.
• The Council has yet to decide what it does with the existing Junior School site and playing field. Some of it will need to be developed to help fund the project.
• Part of the School Annex in Downing Road will become an office for Police and Police Community Support Officers in Tilehurst as part of the move to neighbourhood policing. Another part of the Annex is proposed to be a replacement facility for the Tilehurst Horticultural Association.

The Triangle

The Triangle is very important to the people of Tilehurst. For this reason we opposed the
Labour Council’s plan to use part of the Triangle as a turn around point for buses.

Making the Community Safer

We work closely with the Police to help improve the safety of people living in Tilehurst. In particular this has included:

• Provision of CCTV cameras at the Triangle
• Pressure on the police to bring us up to a full complement of police officers;
• A sustained campaign for the provision of wardens or Community Support Officers for Tilehurst;
• Full support for the provision of a police support office in Downing Road (see proposals for Park Lane School).

Keeping Tilehurst Clean & Green the Lib Dems have:

• Put constant pressure on the Council for regular street cleaning. We think this service has improved significantly in the past 3 years
• Taken the problem of graffiti into our own hands – Cllr Peter Beard (shown in action - photo top) has been trained to remove certain types of graffiti. We have had a campaign to rid Tilehurst and to identify those responsible.
• Campaigned for over four years for the Council to introduce recycling of Garden Waste. We are pleased to see that the Council are now offering this service.
• Regularly trying to get more trees planted to improve Tilehurst’s environment.

Open Spaces and Games Improvements include:

• Improvement of Childrey Way play area in conjunction with West Berks Council;
• Support for the improvement of the play area in Church End Lane as part of the Meadway Development;
• Support for the retention of Blagrave Rec.

Keeping You in Touch - All Year Round

We regularly produce Council Topics leaflets four times a year to keep you in touch with developments in the Council. We’ve been doing this for over forty years!

We don’t just produce this at election time. We conduct residents’ surveys twice a year to find out what you think - and we hold monthly surgeries at the Triangle. We believe that this record is unsurpassed in Reading.

Our Local Reputation

The Lib Dems reputation for supporting and helping Tilehurst residents wins plaudits around the village. Former councillors Jim and Paddy Day urged the electors of Tilehurst to vote for Ricky as the Lib Dems are the party that will best look after the interests of local people.

Even Labour MP Martin Salter acknowledged the reputation that Lib Dems have locally when he said outside the count last May "I would vote for the Lib Dems in Tilehurst."

Greater Reading Lib Dems

News

A Record of Action in Tilehurst That Can’t Be Beaten !
13 November 2006