Sheila Oliver's Campaigning Website

More Pork Barrel politics from Danny Alexander.
http://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/local-news/treasury-minister-danny-alexander-backs-6650182

The changes listed below have apparently saved £100 million!

A feasibility document regarding road charging  has already been prepared.

http://www.semmms.info/a6/consultation/localarea

There is massive current uncertainty regarding business rates and how they can be used to cover for reductions in government grants.  Business rates are also supposed to be funding in part the proposed bypass.
Has any consideration been given to how this finite resource can not only replace reduced government funding and also pay for an expensive and unnecessary bypass?

Stuart Jackson, Service Director Place Management, Stockport Council  thinks that question shouldn't be answered.  Stuart Jackson,Service Director Place Management, Stockport Council should be ashamed of himself.  With the failure of senior council officers and councillors even to keep an eye on what is going on at SK Solutions:-
http://www.sheilaoliver.org/sk-solutions.html

where they lost £4.5 million, does anyone think the likes of Stuart Jackson should be making that decision?

How do they arrive at the figureo f5,450 jobs?  Pie in the sky.

Stuart Jackson, Service Director Place Management, Stockport Council  thinks that question shouldn't be answered.  Stuart Jackson,Service Director Place Management, Stockport Council should be ashamed of himself.  With the failure of senior council officers and councillors even to keep an eye on what is going on at SK Solutions:-
http://www.sheilaoliver.org/sk-solutions.html
where they lost £4.5 million, does anyone think the likes of Stuart Jackson should be making that decision?

If Stockport Council makes such assertions we should in a democracy be allowed to question where they got their figures from.  Stuart Jackson, Head of Keeping Things Secret at Stockport Council doesn't think the people who pay his wages should be allowed access to such information.

Again, for merely trying to request evidence of a pie in the sky statement arrogant and unaccountable panjandrums like Stuart Jackson refuse to answer.  I think Stuart Jackson forgets just who pays his wages!

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From: Sheila Oliver [mailto:sheilaoliver@ntlworld.com]
Sent: 21 January 2013 18:27
To: FOI Officer
Subject: Council Pravda only seems to accept that there will be a positive response to the bypass consultation
Dear FoI Officer
Please see the attached from the Council Pravda, which popped expensively through my letterbox today.
I quote: "The three councils will analyse the feedback received in the first phase of consultation to help develop a preferred scheme."
What will happen if the consultation gives a response which is against the bypass? What documents does the Council hold which deal with this eventuality?
Kind regards
Sheila

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2288936/Water-waste-Council-spends-210-000-taxpayers-money-building-ponds-just-18-NEWTS--thats-cost-11-666-each.html

The above documents from the Council's own exhibition show traffic will increase with the road on the A6 at Disley by 43.7% and by 146% at Clifford Road, Poynton.  More places will see an increase in traffic than a decrease when/if the road is built.

FOI response from SMBC 15th February 2013 at 11.22



3) What SEMMMS work has NPS done for that huge sum of money? NPS is so incompetent I am quite heartened to see they are involved (£47,454.50)

NPS (Stockport and Norwich offices) have provided professional advice on land and property related matters including acquisition and compensation along the proposed scheme route. This has also involved liaison with landowners affected by the scheme proposals and local residents.

From: Sheila Oliver [mailto:sheilaoliver@ntlworld.com]
Sent: 29 March 2010 03:58
To: Mike Iveson
Subject: Question for the next full council meeting - 22nd April 2010
Hi Mr Iveson

Please find below my question for the next full council meeting:-

By 2020 each man woman and child in the UK will have to use 40kWh per day less energy to meet the government's much vaunted 'legally binding' target.

The 80 year old A6 bypass/A555 project that will complement the expansion of the airport as a regional hub now that Heathrow expansion looks unlikely, has dominated the future of the Goyt valley and usurped alternative schemes for furthering the amenity of this beautiful area for the people of Stockport.

If a modal shift occurred from car to bicycle to the extent enjoyed on the continent, on the Marple Stockport route, the energy savings would equate to 700 people meeting their 2020 target.

For comparison purposes the Otterspool hydro electric scheme costing £300,000 will equate to 10 people meeting their 2020 target.

Will the council give up facilitating unsustainable trends in energy usage and start planning for a low carbon future,; in this case a first class cycle track through the Goyt valley from Marple to Stockport?

Kind regards

Sheila
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The Leader of the Council, Dave Goddard, publicly branded me a liar in a full Council meeting, yet refused to apologise or to provide evidence of any lies I had told.  However, it is not acceptable to refer to them as liars, which they are.

Dear Mrs Oliver,

I refer to the question you submitted for Monday's Executive Meeting which, for ease of reference is pasted below -
"My question for tonight's Executive meeting of the LibDem liars:-

Following the recent meeting between Eamonn Boylan, Howard Bernstein and officials from the Department for Transport regarding the A555, the DfT didn't even bother to take down any minutes, which might mean they don't intend to do anything much.

Will the Council be further using vital financial resources on this scheme, which seems to be in a cul de sac?"
I discussed your question with Cllr David White in his capacity as Executive Councillor (Transportation) immediately prior to the meeting. Councillor White quite understandably took exception to the offensive nature of the preamble to your question and recommended that the question should not be entertained. This recommendation was fully endorsed by Councillor Dave Goddard, Leader of the Council who, as Chair has authority to decline answering the question.

Regards,

Mike
Mike Iveson
Head of Committee Services
Chief Executive's Directorate
Stockport Metropolitan Borough Council
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Fax: 0161 474 3328
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From: Claire Naven
Sent: 29 November 2010 17:01
To: Mike Iveson
Subject: FW: A555 Poynton Bypass

From: Sheila Oliver [mailto:sheilaoliver@ntlworld.com]
Sent: 29 November 2010 16:51
To: Mike Iveson
Cc: Jennifer Williams; Jennifer Williams; Peter Devine; FOI Officer
Subject: A555 Poynton Bypass
Mr Iveson
My question for tonight's Executive meeting of the LibDem liars:-

Following the recent meeting between Eamonn Boylan, Howard Bernstein and officials from the Department for Transport regarding the A555, the DfT didn't even bother to take down any minutes, which might mean they don't intend to do anything much.

Will the Council be further using vital financial resources on this scheme, which seems to be in a cul de sac?
Kind regards
Sheila



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From: Claire Naven
Sent: 03 December 2010 08:43
To: Barry Khan; Mike Iveson
Subject: FW: Executive Meeting - 29 November, 2010 - Question re. A555 Poynton Bypass
From: Sheila Oliver [mailto:sheilaoliver@ntlworld.com]
Sent: 01 December 2010 17:44
To: Mike Iveson
Cc: Alison Morrissey; Ged Lucas; Steve Houston; Andrew Webb; Jim McMahon; Barry Khan; Claire Naven; Laureen Donnan; Eleri Jones; Jason Good; Cllr Dave Goddard; Cllr David White; Cllr Helen Foster-Grime; Cllr John Pantall; Cllr John Smith; Cllr Kevin Hogg; Cllr Mark Weldon; Cllr Martin Candler; Cllr Stuart Bodsworth; Cllr Sue Derbyshire
Subject: Re: Executive Meeting - 29 November, 2010 - Question re. A555 Poynton Bypass

Dear Mr Iveson

I have popped that up now on the Liar Liar website about the lies. It might have been less damaging to the LibDem liars if they had just answered the question. It shows up the indolent Monitoring Officer too
.
With warmest best wishes

Sheila
----- Original Message -----
From: Mike Iveson
To: sheilaoliver@ntlworld.com
Cc: Alison Morrissey ; Ged Lucas ; Steve Houston ; Andrew Webb ; Jim McMahon ; Barry Khan ; lt Claire Naven ; Laureen Donnan ; Eleri Jones ; Jason Good ; Cllr Dave Goddard ; Cllr David White ; Cllr Helen Foster-Grime ; Cllr John Pantall ; Cllr John Smith ; Cllr Kevin Hogg ; Cllr Mark Weldon ; Cllr Martin Candler ; Cllr Stuart Bodsworth ; Cllr Sue Derbyshire
Sent: Wednesday, December 01, 2010 5:01 PM
Subject: Executive Meeting - 29 November, 2010 - Question re. A555 Poynton Bypass
Dear Mrs Oliver,

I refer to the question you submitted for Monday's Executive Meeting which, for ease of reference is pasted below -
"My question for tonight's Executive meeting of the LibDem liars:-

Following the recent meeting between Eamonn Boylan, Howard Bernstein and officials from the Department for Transport regarding the A555, the DfT didn't even bother to take down any minutes, which might mean they don't intend to do anything much.
Will the Council be further using vital financial resources on this scheme, which seems to be in a cul de sac?"

I discussed your question with Cllr David White in his capacity as Executive Councillor (Transportation) immediately prior to the meeting. Councillor White quite understandably took exception to the offensive nature of the preamble to your question and recommended that the question should not be entertained. This recommendation was fully endorsed by Councillor Dave Goddard, Leader of the Council who, as Chair has authority to decline answering the question.

Regards,

Mike

Mike Iveson
Head of Committee Services
Chief Executive's Directorate
Stockport Metropolitan Borough Council
( 0161 474 3208
) 07973 319071
Fax: 0161 474 3328
* mike.iveson@stockport.gov.uk
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From: Claire Naven
Sent: 29 November 2010 17:01
To: Mike Iveson
Subject: FW: A555 Poynton Bypass

From: Sheila Oliver [mailto:sheilaoliver@ntlworld.com]
Sent: 29 November 2010 16:51
To: Mike Iveson
Cc: Jennifer Williams; Jennifer Williams; Peter Devine; FOI Officer
Subject: A555 Poynton Bypass
Mr Iveson
My question for tonight's Executive meeting of the LibDem liars:-
Following the recent meeting between Eamonn Boylan, Howard Bernstein and officials from the Department for Transport regarding the A555, the DfT didn't even bother to take down any minutes, which might mean they don't intend to do anything much.
Will the Council be further using vital financial resources on this scheme, which seems to be in a cul de sac?
Kind regards
Sheila



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Dear Sheila

I refer to your request for information regarding the A555 Poynton Bypass.

The North West Region's Regional Funding Advice (RFA) submitted to the Government in January 2006 included a £33.8m contribution towards preparation costs of the South East Manchester Multi-Modal Strategy Relief Roads: the A6 Stockport North-South Bypass, the A555 Poynton Bypass and the A555 Manchester Airport Eastern Link Road (MAELR) completion. At the time, the cost of constructing the roads would be met through a Private Finance Initiative. This did not materialise, and in November 2008, the Department for Transport offered the region a contribution of £165m or 50% towards completion of the A555 Relief Road between Manchester Airport and the A6 south-east of Hazel Grove, provided the region would match-fund the balance from its regional allocation and other sources locally. This was not possible due to the region's transport investment programme being significantly over-programmed.

In its RFA2 advice submitted to the Government in February 2009, the region allocated £17m as a potential contribution towards preparation costs and the cost of acquiring the Highways Agency's land and property portfolio for the MAELR scheme, pending further consideration following Greater Manchester's review of its sub-regional priorities to be completed by the end of April 2009. The Regional Leaders Forum approved this approach at its meeting on 20th February 2009, provided any re-prioritisation impacted on schemes within the Greater Manchester sub-region only.

I have attached copies of the RFA advice from January 2006, the RFA2 advice from February 2009, the paper considered by the Regional Leaders Forum at its meeting of 20th February 2009 and the approved minutes of that meeting, and the paper considered by the Forum at its meeting on 15th May 2009 setting out the outcome of the Greater Manchester review. Documentation relating to Greater Manchester's consideration of the scheme in its review of sub-regional priorities should be obtained from the Association of Greater Manchester Authorities (AGMA).

Kind regards
Dave Colbert
<<RFAjan06 - final.pdf>> <<RFA2 Final.1.PDF>> <<Item 5 RLF RFA2v5i.doc>> <<nwra_1242727512_Item_2_Minutes_20_Feb_09.pdf>> <<Item 4 RFA Transport.doc>> <<Item 4 RFA Major Schemes Spending Profile.xls>>
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The latest from Transport for Greater Manchester on the A6 to Airport Road costs

http://democracy.stockport.gov.uk/documents/s31191/SEMMMS%202nd%20Phase%20Consultation%20final%20report.pdf

http://democracy.stockport.gov.uk/documents/s31181/SEMMMS%20Planning%20Application%20Submission%20CPO%20Approval%20Report%20-%20Executive%201%20October%202013.pdf

http://democracy.stockport.gov.uk/documents/s31178/SEMMMS%20future%20protection%20of%20relief%20road%20alignment.pdf

http://democracy.stockport.gov.uk/documents/s31223/Airport%20City%20Enterprise%20Zone%20-%20Report.pdf