Council agrees request to delay parking permit rise
Following a request from Lib Dem Councillor Will Forster, Surrey County Council has agreed to postpone its planned increase of residential parking permits due to the coronavirus pandemic.
Following a request from Lib Dem Councillor Will Forster, Surrey County Council has agreed to postpone its planned increase of residential parking permits due to the coronavirus pandemic.
The Lib Dems are calling on the Government to pick up the bill for Council Tax payments in order to ease the financial pressure people are facing as a result of coronavirus. According to the Lib Dems, their proposals would save residents in Woking Borough an average of £462 over the next three months.
Independence of Scrutiny committee confirmed
The Lib Dems have set up a taskforce to help coordinate the party's network of Councillors, members and activists in the community to ensure the most vulnerable are being supported during the coronavirus crisis.
Ahead of the budget the Lib Dems are calling on the Chancellor to scrap business rates and replace them with a landowner levy to "breathe new life" into high streets in Woking.
The Lib Dems have revealed there were 11 incidents involving offensive weapons on trains or at rail stations in Woking since 2017. 9 incidents occurred at Woking Station including 3 so far this year.
NHS bosses are looking at plans that could involve the closure of the Walk In Centre at Woking Community Hospital.
Surrey County Council has agreed to a request from County Councillor Will Forster to lower the speed limit on Egley Road outside the Hoe Valley School.
Surrey County Council will start work to make Westfield Road safer and combat speeding from 17th February.
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