David Brown

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On Friday 27 September, in response to the numerous contacts from local residents about the imminent withdrawal of the Yellow Bus services 27 and 4d, I was allowed to address the members of Poole Council’s “Route and Branch Member Working Group” which considers bus routes and subsidies across Poole. My full submission is shown below: […]

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Yellow buses to withdraw 4d and 27 services

by davidbrown on 16 September, 2013

Welcome to the new Bearwood Co-op and Pharmacy

by davidbrown on 20 July, 2008

The new Co-op store in Bearwood opened its doors in November after taking over from Somerfield. This is great news for Bearwood as it has secured the jobs of the current staff and Co-op have already recruited many more staff from the local area. The new manager, Darren, and his team have met with Cllr […]

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Action on Merley Litter

by davidbrown on 20 July, 2008

Your local Lib Dem Councillors and Poole Council were pleased to support The Lantern Church for a community Action Day litter pick, part of ‘Hope 2008’ a community scheme to donate 1000 hours of kindness. An overwhelming number of people of all ages turned out to clean up the local area in Merley with dozens […]

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Merley First School Safety Zone

by davidbrown on 20 July, 2008

There was overwhelming support from your local councillors at the last Area Meeting for there to be a 20mph. zone around Merley First School. A large part of Harrier Drive, Oakley Straight and Sopwith Crescent will have parking restrictions within this zone, and there will be zone warning signs installed. These signs will be large […]

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After much pressure from your local ward councillors, the MP for Mid Dorset and North Poole, and the residents of Arrowsmith Road to reduce the speed limit approaching the dwellings to 30 mph, the review of speed limits for local roads was put before the Council’s Transport Advisory Group recently. The police explained that they […]

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PLAY AREA TO GET LONG AWAITED INVESTMENT

by davidbrown on 10 December, 2007

Poole Council has agreed to invest £10,000 to enhance the children’s play area between King John Avenue, Runnymede Avenue and Charter Road, known as the Charter Road Play Area. This should fund new equipment as well as improving what is already there. Cllr Daphne Long explained “Poole Council collect contributions from property developers towards improving local […]

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NEW YOUTH CENTRE OPENS IN BEARWOOD

by davidbrown on 28 November, 2007

After many years of hard work and fundraising, Bearwood now has its own dedicated youth facility following the opening of THE BRIDGE YOUTH CENTRE at the back of Bearwood Community Centre. At the opening ceremony on 28th October Cllr David Brown was honoured to be asked to cut the ribbon with Rev. Geoff Boland to […]

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Progress on Buses

by davidbrown on 1 October, 2007

Annette Brooke MP and Councillors Peter Maiden, Daphne Long and David Brown have at last made some headway in negotiations with Poole Council and the Bus Companies over the ongoing bus problems in Sopwith Crescent. Pressure from your Lib Dem representatives and local residents has resulted in some action from the Borough of Poole. The […]

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Merley First School Car Parking Update

by davidbrown on 1 October, 2007

Councillors Peter Maiden, Daphne Long and David Brown reported in the last Focus about parking problems around Harrier Drive. The area suffers from a lack of available spaces at school pick-up and drop off time. Local residents have complained that their drives are being obstructed and cars are parking in dangerous places when dropping off […]

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