Never heard of Nick Herbert?*
Well if the Tories do win the General Election you will hear about him a lot more. He’s the shadow environment spokesman for the Conservatives, so it’s a good chance he’ll become a minister if the Tories get in.
When I heard that he was coming down to help Ben Gummer I [...]
Bridge Ward News
News from Bridge Ward, Ipswich including the Hayes, Old Stoke, Prince of Wales Drive, Maidenhall Estate and Wherstead Road
Browsing the archives for the Ipswich Port tag
13 Feb 10
Nick Herbert visits Bridge
24 Nov 09
Get your Port Noise FAQs
I’m just digesting the port noise FAQs that have been put up on the Ipswich Council website. They’re not easy to find, so here’s a direct link (they are in PDF format, so you’ll have to have Adobe Acrobat).
I’m digesting them now, but here’s something that caught my eye:
Q What has Southern Cement done to try [...]
17 Jul 09
Southern Cement chaos
With the noise from the cement ship still going as strong as ever Steve Rock, the Environmental services manager for Ipswich council, agreed in the Evening Star to meet with the Noise Action Group.
Yesterday Steve Rock, has cancelled a meeting with the Noise Action Group without any explanation, saying that he will be announcing what [...]
10 Jul 09
Southern Cement – more southern than you’d think
Sometimes it’s hardest to see what’s in front of your own nose. So hidden in plain view is a very important fact, Southern Cement- the people causing misery for all those people in the Hayes, in the Maidenhall Estate, on the Wherstead Road and in Chatsworth Crescent, is in fact the British subsidiary of Uniland [...]
3 Jul 09
The Cement Ship Shriek – What are Southern Cement playing at?
Southern Cement seem to be doing their best to keep you up at night. On Tuesday night they were going at full pelt with that annoying and constant high pitched shriek guaranteed to keep people up as far as Chatsworth Crescent and Laurelhayes. They then stopped yesterday during the day, only to start again around [...]
1 Jul 09
Ipswich Port: The Noise starts again
I have heard reports that the Southern Cement landing crew is ready to start up again.
If you are disturbed by an incessant high pitched noise then please make sure you ring the environmental health department on 01473 433115 or email environmentalprotection@ipswich.gov.uk as soon as you are disturbed. This is especially the case at night as it [...]
13 Jun 09
Photos of Bridge – The Three Angels in Bath Street
“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 [...]
12 Jun 09
Does the Ipswich Port noise reach the Chantry Estate?
The evening star forums have a set of posts about what I think could be the noise from Southern Cement. How many more people are suffering and thinking it’s just them?
If you are suffering then please contact me on james@bridgeward.org.uk and I will put you in touch with campaigners who need to find out just [...]
10 Jun 09
The Port Noise Must Stop
A noise abatement group has been set up to deal with the noise from Ipswich Port affecting Wherstead Road.
