By Stephen Topping
Independent members of Cheshire East Council are calling on residents to get behind a petition which could shake up the way decisions are made.
The group – which includes 13 councillors – has launched the ‘Change Cheshire East’ campaign to give councillors of all political persuasions a bigger voice.
Work is set to start on the controversial Taylor Drive – Edmund Wright Way ‘link’ route in Nantwich.
The link has sparked protest from residents living close to it, but others say the link is essential to ease traffic along Welsh Row and Queens Drive and should have been built years ago.
Nantwich will receive around £320,000 over the next two years for new schemes as part of the Government’s New Homes Bonus.
Now award groups are being set by councillors to help decide how to spend the money.
A Nantwich resident made an impassioned plea to councillors to save a vital bus route between the town and Leighton Hospital from the axe.
Carole Thomas spoke out at Nantwich Town Council about the proposals by D&G Bus to axe the no. 78 service from July 22.
By Stephen Topping
More than £150,000 being spent on consultants brought to rid Cheshire East Council of bullying will not solve the problem, the Labour group leader insists.
A report from the Local Government Association (LGA), commissioned by Cheshire East, found that almost a quarter of council staff were aware of workplace bullying in the second half of 2017.
By Stephen Topping
Cheshire East councillors are urging the Government to close a loophole allowing cross-border taxi hiring in an effort to protect children.
New legislation in 2015 made cross-border taxi hiring easier, so vehicles licensed by other councils can lawfully work in Nantwich and Crewe without meeting Cheshire East Council’s requirements.
Residents and councillors are calling on police to target speeding motorists on Shrewbridge Road close to Nantwich Lake.
Several residents have complained about dangerous speeds of drivers along the 30mph stretch alongside the lake before the bend on Park Road.
Councillors have laid flowers near to the site of the tragic crane collapse in Crewe which killed two workers.
Emergency services were called to a new-build site on Dunwoody Way after reports of a collapsed crane.
One of Nantwich’s key allotment sites is under water as engineers try to solve a flooding mystery.
More than half of the plots on the Brookfield Allotments off Shrewbridge Road have been flooded for several days.
Road safety campaigners in Willaston are celebrating after a new crossing was installed on busy Rope Lane.
Local councillors in Willaston and Rope have been fighting for the crossing for years.
Rope parish councillors teamed up to carry out a clean-up of the village.
Councillors agreed walkways like Evergreen Way needed the same attention given to gardens.
Nantwich Town councillors have donated equipment to local officers in a bid to target speeders in the town.
A Speed Indicator Device and a speed gun has been presented to Nantwich Police as part of the local Community Speed Watch scheme.
Town councillors are to explore bylaws in a bid to crackdown on fly-posting in Nantwich.
Many organisers use posters, notices and flyers on windows, walls, lamp-posts, and phone boxes to promote events.
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