Author Archive: Bob Massey

Meet the candidates

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You may have seen Murrough O’Brien’s letter in a recent edition of The Focus where he confirms that he will be standing with the Conservatives in the upcoming City Council elections.

We know you are all busy people, so, if we happen to miss you on the doorstep or out and about, we understand. You’re either commuting, working from home, or just getting on with your lives, and you probably wouldn’t welcome strangers interrupting whatever you’re doing.

That said, you may have issues you’d like to discuss with us, so if you aren’t able to catch us around town, at the Park Run or wherever, we’ll be at Club Woodham on the evening of March 30th between 7pm and 9pm, later if necessary.

You would be more than welcome to join us and raise your concerns. I can attest that the coffee in Club Woodham is excellent, and you’ll be supporting a local business as well.

We look forward to meeting you.

Cllr. Bob Massey
South Woodham Conservatives

 

February ’23

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We’re now coming to the end of February, and the Chelmsford City Council elections are only ten weeks away.

During February, I enjoyed a week away, a trip to Morocco that had been postponed from January ’21 and ’22. This, unfortunately, coincided with the City Council’s Planning Committee’s decision on the proposed development to the north of South Woodham Ferrers, and the County Council’s annual budget-setting meeting.
I did, however, watch both online.
Since my return I have reported several hazardous potholes to Essex Highways and am pleased to see that the potholes to the left of the road on the first stretch of road up towards Woodham Ferrers, on the road towards Crouch Vale Medical Centre and adjacent to the Ferrers Road roundabout have all been repaired. The County Council has announced increased spending on road repairs and County Councillors will, once again, be allowed a ‘priority list’. In past years I have asked Town
Councillors to identify the problem potholes in their respective wards and have submitted those.
Residents can report and track highways problems through the County Council’s website here:
Essex Highways have also confirmed that they will repaint the zebra crossing adjacent to Millennium Place and the Town Sign, but I don’t yet have a date for that.
Residents will probably not be surprised to learn that I intend to stand, once again, for Chelmsford City Council in the May elections. While I am as frustrated as anyone by the goings on in Westminster, I remain proud of what conservatives achieved in Chelmsford during their period of administration and am frustrated by the city-centric attitude of the current Lib-Dem administration.