All eyes are now focussed on the next target for funding the Big Lottery Fund People's Millions television vote on 26th November. As I write this on Monday morning the sun is shining which we hope is a good omen as ITV are filming today for the programme where school visits will be guided by Stewart Parsons of Ellendale Environmental . Jenny Stratton and the Royal Wootton Bassett Branch team are swinging the local publicity machine into action and the press release has just been sent out. You can help by alerting friends and colleagues that they can vote on 26th – the telephone number will be announced on the day on ITV South West (East) news bulletins and in the Daily Mirror, and of course on the Wilts & Berks web site and social media.
Tomorrow (Tuesday) as specially convened joint meeting of Melksham Town Council and Melksham Without Parish Council will be seeing a presentation from Jock Mackenzie and the team working on the MasterPlan for the Melksham Link. This follows a similar presentation made to the Wiltshire Council Area Board members a few weeks ago where, subject to the usual constraints of planning policy, they approved in principle the exciting ideas for the area.
The Melksham Link will get further exposure this week at the annual meeting of Canal & River Trust’s Waterways Partnership (Kennet & Avon/Bridgewater& Taunton) . The project is part of the Partnership’s business plan as it will extend the K&A to Melksham.
I have been working today with CRT's restoration team trying to provide some background knowledge of how restoration projects can interface with Local Authority Local Plans- its a big quantity of work, mostly unseen, but essential to preserve the route of the waterway.
Ken Oliver
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