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Who to complain to

James Spencer — Sat, 11 Dec 2010 19:48:54 +0000

I’m not one to complain, too often. Thanks to the wonderful people at Waterfront Action there are two numbers for complaints to be made about building work in Bridge:

PERSIMMON HOMES

01376 518811 (Head Office)

Bath Street

220 New Homes, New Road, Cycle Path – GTC Pipelines on Alnesbourne Crescent

ABBEY DEVELOPMENTS LTD

Contact Geoff – Site Office 01473 681006

Croft Street, off Wherstead Road

New Development of Approximately 180 Homes and Pavement Works Outside EUR Public House

Media reaction to the Port Noise Meeting

James Spencer — Wed, 07 Oct 2009 21:22:51 +0000

There’s been some media reaction to the meeting yesterday.

Radio Suffolk and Town 102 both publicised the event. Here is the Mark Murphy show that has me (24 minutes in) and Matthew Ling of the Environment Services (1 hour 37 minutes in)

http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/p004kwht/Mark_Murphy_06_10_2009/

We also got a write up of the meeting from the Evening Star:

http://www.eveningstar.co.uk/content/eveningstar/news/story.aspx?brand=ESTOnline&category=News&tBrand=ESTOnline&tCategory=xDefault&itemid=IPED07%20Oct%202009%2006:18:54:530

They estimated about 100. I’d say it was closer to (actually slightly over) 150, having done church attendance counting almost every week for the last four years. Still packed.

It’s such a shame that the Labour supporter Chris Ward had to put in such an ignorant response:

The docks were there well before the high-rise eyesores – why anyone would want to buy a property and live there is beyond me. Those who bought properties around that area should have done their research and homework beforehand rather than sitting in their offices in London and speculatively buying – I’m afraid I have no sympathy.

It’s such a shame that this happens just after Labour councillor Richard Kirby seems to have been brought into line (he was one of the councillors who attended the public meeting).

Noise meeting

James Spencer — Tue, 06 Oct 2009 20:05:27 +0000

Just finished the noise meeting which was quite productive. There were about 150 people there.

Some of the highlights:

No one from Southern Cement wanted to speak or identify themselves, which was expected. No one from the Port of Ipswich did either, which was disappointing.
There are plenty of people outside the Noise Action Group who are very angry. If Southern Cement and Uniland think that these people won’t cause problems if they’re snubbed, then Associated British Ports after the animal rights protests will have a different idea. Dialogue with the Noise Action Group will keep hot heads cool.
It was nice of Chris Mole to turn up, but he gave a poor speech.
Phil Smart gave a better speech than Chris Mole, and had the germ of a good idea with getting residents to talk to the port in general.
There were lots of ideas for quietening the operation, some better than others.
Nadia Cenci, who suffers from the noise, gave a great speech, asking not why, but how, to sue Southern Cement and Associated British Ports to close them down. Again this is another worse alternative than dialogue.
There are people miles away who hear this. We knew that, but we found more.
The dust is an emerging issue which is angering a lot of
Council officers sounded well and truly peeved with Southern Cement’s refusal to talk to residents. After all at times they were being abused because Southern Cement won’t talk.
Only one person refused to give their contact details at the end of the meeting.

So Southern Cement, I know that you read this blog, and I know you want a way out. It’s d-i-a-l-o-g-u-e . It’s better than being shut down.

Port Noise: The Meeting is tomorrow

James Spencer — Mon, 05 Oct 2009 21:15:12 +0000

I know it’s becoming old news for the regular readers, but the public meeting is coming up. We’ve been saying that the council don’t listen to us, well they are now. If you don’t turn up they’ll say that you’re not interested.

It’s rumoured that the BBC may have more listeners than this blog has readers, so I’m going to be on Radio Suffolk tomorrow at 6.50 AM to drum up more support.

Details again:

Date: Tuesday 6 October

Time: 6.00pm – 8.00pm

Venue: IP-City Centre, Bath Street (near Wherstead Road)

Please try to turn up. Email me on james@bridgeward.org.uk if you need a lift or would like to speak.

Reminder: Public Meeting on the Port Noise

James Spencer — Thu, 01 Oct 2009 19:45:45 +0000

Just a quick reminder that there is a public meeting on the port noise:

Date: Tuesday 6 October

Time: 6.00pm – 8.00pm

Venue: IP-City Centre, Bath Street (near Wherstead Road)

Please try to turn up. Email me on james@bridgeward.org.uk if you need a lift or would like to speak.

Photos of Bridge – The Three Angels in Bath Street

James Spencer — Sat, 13 Jun 2009 08:17:05 +0000

“Nice idea, not enough pictures” has been a comment I’ve heard about Bridge Ward News. Fair comment. Until I get my digital camera working with this computer I’m going to have to show a few stock photos from around the area.

I quite like this one, which is the Three Angels, a sculpture which is on the Wherstead Road river bank. I’m usually a fan of art produced before my Dad was born, but this fits in well with the docks.

(If you have any photos of the area that you would like to share please email them to james@bridgeward.org.uk