We are pleased to invite you to a Murder Mystery Evening on the 9th and 10th of March in Alvechurch Village Hall (www.alvechurchvillagehall.
Tickets can be obtained locally from
Stephen Siddle 07977 140088/01527 62930 or
Julie Vincent 07870 880128/01527 585321
Guidance on Clearing Snow and Ice
Worcestershire County Council is continuing to encourage householders to be ‘good neighbours’ and help keep highways safe this winter.
With the experience of recent winters very much in mind and the possible approach of severe weather once again, the Council is keen for residents to help keep highways clear for all users by clearing snow and ice from public footways or pavements fronting their properties.
The Council recognises that popular concern over a ‘compensation culture’ and possible legal liability has discouraged a lot of householders from clearing snow and ice from footways in the past.
In fact, we believe that case-law does not justify significant cause for concern and shouldn’t put people off, provided they take reasonable care.
Any householder who takes reasonable care when clearing a footway and ensures that its condition does not create a greater hazard than before is highly unlikely therefore to be faced with a successful claim from pedestrians who may suffer injury or loss as a result of that clearance.
Reasonable care would include following the government advice on how to clear footways safely shown below, although we are happy for salt in grit bins to be used to clear pavements forming part of the highway.
Government advice from https://www.gov.uk/clear-snow-road-path-cycleway supported by the County Council: Clear snow from a road, path or cycleway You can clear snow and ice from pavements yourself. It’s unlikely that you’ll be sued or held responsible if someone is injured on a path or pavement if you’ve cleared it carefully.
When you clear snow and ice:
do it early in the day – it’s easier to move fresh, loose snow
don’t use water – it might refreeze and turn to black ice
use salt if possible – it will melt the ice or snow and stop it from refreezing overnight (but don’t use the salt from salting bins as this is used to keep roads clear)
you can use ash and sand if you don’t have enough salt – it will provide grip underfoot
pay extra attention when clearing steps and steep pathways – using more salt may help
PC advice re Ice and Snow policy 2017
Last Tuesday the 18th July, residents held a meeting to discuss speeding traffic issues on Carthorse Lane.
The turnout was good and a solution was discussed.
Robin Lunn the County Councillor has sent through his – we will arrange for them to go onto the Residents Board as well in Brockhill.
In summary, Richard Clewer the Highways Agency representative is going to speak to the Traffic Management Team to explore the possibilities of blocking off the road by the footpath so Carthorse Lane in effect gets split into two with no access to through traffic. This idea was supported by everyone there and as such Robin & Brandon Clayton (another County Councillor for Brockhilll) will be starting the consultation process with residents on Tuesday evening at 6pm.
Robin will be conducting a door knocking exercise to establish the views of residents regarding the road blocking proposal.
The door to door consultation will now take place next TUESDAY (25th) night at 18:00 not Monday.
We wish all residents of Brockhill a safe and happy Easter holiday
Due to a delay in the land transfer from the builders to Worcestershire County Council, building did not start as planned in January.
Confirmation of a new start date is awaited.
The delay means that Holyoakes Field First School will not be able to move to their new school premises, until at least January 2019.