Cumbria County Council

Spent most of today at County Hall where Cumbria County Council met today and the evening in Rheged where Cumbria Conservatives heard from the Home Secretary, Sajid Javid.

1) The report on Adverse Childhood Experiences presented by the council's Director of Public Health, Colin Cox, was widely welcomed from all sides of the chamber and rightly so, it was a very powerful report. You can read it here

2) With Armed Forces day due this week, the council organised events in honour of local residents and council staff who have served in Britain's armed services and the "Help for Heroes" campaign.

3) Very powerful speech from councillor Will Clark about the important work of the Cumbria Air Ambulance who were called out when he was involved in the accident which put him in a wheelchair - credits them as having been for him and others the difference between life and death.

4) I raised with the relevant portfolio holder the need for further public consultation with service users and the Town council the proposed move of Whitehaven's Daniel Hay library. This will be looked at.

5) I also made a short speech about the importance of improving the A595, with particular emphasis on concerns about making sure the Moresby viaduct section is dealt with in a timely and properly planned manner.

Comments

Anonymous said…
The Moresby viaduct ain't Cumbria County Council's responsibility
6:51 pm
Chris Whiteside said…
I explained this point both in the speech I made at the County Council meeting and in previous posts on this blog.

Highways England has responsibility for this particular stretch of road.

Cumbria County Council is the Highways authority for the county and as such we can and regularly do talk to Highways England about it.

2:01 pm
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