Local

• Introduction of a 20mph zone in Bishops Lydeard
• Prevent the sale/giveaway of more public land on the Quantock Hills
• Reduction in vehicle speeds in our villages;
• Improvements to cycling and walking facilities in our villages
• Building of a cyclepath between Bishops Lydeard, Cotford, Norton and Taunton
• Battling fly-tipping.
• Organising Bishops Lydeard Party in the Park

 

 

 

 

Global

• Fighting Climate Change
• Promotion of renewable energy

Recent Successes

• Construction of the roundabout at Bishops Lydeard (A358)
• New, lower speed limit between Norton Fitzwarren & Staplegrove
• New, loser speed limit between the A358 and Cotford St Luke
• Rollout-out of superfast fibre internet service across much of the Lydeard Division. Up to 80mbps;
• Following intensive lobbying, Somerset Councils agreed to re-open Taunton’s Priorswood Household Waste Recycling Centre;
• Repairs and improvements to Bishops Lydeard War Memorial;
• Successful defence of Bishops Lydeard Library from Somerset County Council’s axe;
• The achievement of numerous highway improvements and maintenance items;
• Organising the repair of the historic ‘Tramway’ pole at the junction of High, Church and West Streets after it was struck and damaged by a tractor.  April 2010;
• Co-organiser of Bishops Lydeard Party in the Park for 2010, 2011 & 2012;
• Achieved the installation of speed monitoring equipment in Bishops Lydeard.
• More dog waste bins.