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SEWERAGE SCHEME: The parish council have put up posters giving the scheduled dates of the road closures over the coming months on the parish notice board on New Cut, at Banks Cottages, Church Pond and on the track behind Eatenden Lane. Details are also on the Parish website. This should help us all to try to plan our lives round the closures.

One area of concern for next term was the effect of the road closures on the school bus. The situation during the final week of last term was unacceptable with children being dropped on the wrong side of the A2100. Just as we all began to run out of ideas, Southern Water’s contractors came up with a solution. It is currently with ESCC for final approval. We’ll give details nearer the time. The question of rubbish and recycling collections should have been solved this week with the lorries going round to enter Solomon’s Lane at the far end and turning round in the works bellmouth. The closure of Solomon’s Lane to pedestrians outside Springfield has caused some frustration but there is no way round it for the moment. However the contractors have agreed to leave access after working hours and at weekends. They have also agreed to review the situation once the really big machinery is no longer being used there.

Finally, the contractors report that there is still a certain amount of clutter in the field behind some of the houses in Hoath Hill which is likely to be in the way of the trenching. The contractors can’t just throw this into the field so anything that has not been cleared will be unceremoniously ‘returned’ to the nearest garden.