Mary Reid

Yesterday evening we held the Neighbourhood Committee for the first time in the Community Hall in the Hook Centre. It took around 60 people very comfortably. You can only see half the top table in the  photo.

Many of the items related to issues in particular roads - Lynton Close, Gilders Road, Rosemary Gardens, Osborne Way. But we also decided on how to spend the £468,000 allocated to highway maintenance in the Neighbourhood for 2007-8. We gave priority to pavements, and will be resurfacing or repairing pavements in 14 different roads. Some roadways will also be reconstructed.

We agreed to install a youth shelter in King Edwards Recreation Ground, and to review its use after the summer season.

And at last we are able to put in two more pedestrian crossings on Tolworth Broadway, to replace the subway. This will not only be much more convenient for shoppers but will also link the two sides of the Broadway much better and make it feel much more like a single shopping area.