2 February - Shangrila on Thames
Cabinet
Member Diment ploughed an independent furrow at
the Cabinet meeting but never
far from money. He opted to talk rubbish.
“The number of missed bin collections continues to fall. Down to 130 for every
100,000 collections in 2023 an improvement of 32% on 2022. Textile collections
have passed 20 tonnes and food collections are at 450 tonnes a month and we must
do more to encourage residents not to put it in residual waste which costs a lot of money to incinerate.”
“More than 3,600 tonnes of dry waste was taken to the new facility in Crayford
in its first three months of operation.”
Councillor Richard Diment forgot to mention that the garden waste service is
about to rise to £65 a year and for that price Amazon will sell you six small incinerators or
two of its larger higher quality units. (The current government has suggested
that garden waste collection should be a statutory service.)
From land fill to pothole fill Richard mentioned
a £275,000
government grant for road
maintenance both this year and in 2024/25 and indicating a distrust of Sadiq
Khan, the cash is being sent directly to Councils. Khan would likely
cream it off, direct it to his favoured places and influence how it is to be spent.
The Lawn Tennis Association has provided nearly £200,000 to
renovate old tennis courts in seven different parks before Summer.
100 roadside EV charge points are being installed by Ubitricity and on top of
that £474,000, with another £300,000 to come later, has been awarded by other
bodies; all of it to be spent on more charging points. “These are some of the
things we are spending money on to make sure residents continue to enjoy the
highest possible quality of life”.
If the Tory government leaves you with enough money to buy an electric car you
may be able to charge it a couple of streets away. You lucky people! (© Tommy Trinder.)