Residents Parking Consultation

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Residents Parking
In the town centre there is a residents parking scheme. Residents pay £100 a year and can park in the on-street parking spaces – some of which are reserved for residents only. Often in the evening and weekend there are none to be found.

The County Council has been consulting residents on their ideas for some additional spaces. See the map above.
Residents Parking
Two new on street parking places have already appeared up West St Helen Street – gaining back some of the 5-6 there before the Co-op was built.
Residents Parking
In previous consultations the proposed residents parking was put down on the left side of St Helen’s Court. This time the proposal is to allow parking next to the tapering cobbled pavement on the other side. This is a little controversial since some residents have carers who need to park and nip in for a few minutes. They couldn’t if all the spaces were used. So we shall see.

Town Council elections

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Town Council Nominations
Listed on the Town Council notice board are the candidates standing for the 21 places on the Town Council (May 2011 to May 2015). The election takes place on the same day as the district council elections, and the referendum on the Alternative Voting System. That is May 5th.

I will be standing again, and hope to be re-elected. I attach a copy of my CV with a slightly different ending from that which will appear in our campaign leaflets. I will let you know on May 6th how it all went.

On Missing the Regatta

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One event I usually cover is the annual Abingdon Head of the River Regatta. This crew were not involved.
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They are just catching their breath after a training run .
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On Sunday, I walked Harry round South Abingdon in the morning before church,  then in the afternoon we both took him beside a shallow stream and through some woods in Steventon.
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We saw our first ducklings of the year there. Returning about 5 PM I noticed from St Helens Wharf  crowds of cars further along the river and realised it was Regatta Day. Lots of pictures of that though at Big Blade. But no pictures of Abingdon Rowing Club crews who are too busy organising the event.