Transport for Surrey Conference

Help shape the future of transport for Surrey.

Date Thursday 25 March 2010Venue County Hall, Kingston

Time 9.15-15.40 Registration starts at 9.15 and the first session at 10.00 sharp

With keynote address by SIR DAVID ROWLANDS

Other speakers and workshops include
BAA, Allan Gregory, Director of Surface Access
Transport for London, Mike Keegan, Transport Strategy Manager
Freight Transport Association, Gordon Telling, Head of Policy for London, SE and East of England
Government Office for the South East (GOSE), David Cooper: Where’s the money coming from?
South West Trains, Phil Dominey: Adopt A Station
Stagecoach, Andrew Dyer: Goldline’s first birthday, does quality work?
Spelthorne Borough Council, Sandy Muirhead: Help shape Surrey’s climate change strategy
Woking Borough Council & Surrey County Council, Ellie Guttridge & Paul Fishwick: Cycle Woking: A success story
Rural Transport Forum, Marcus Dodé: Buses for rural non mainstream users
Surrey's Transport Coordination Centre, Matthew Winnett: Coordinating transport needs in the community
Surrey County Council, Fiona Lowe: Surrey’s infrastructure facts and figures
Surrey Police, Rachel Tills, Drive Smart: Surrey’s antisocial driving campaign
Surrey Travel, Tim Brown & Abi Fielder, Surrey’s new traffic information website
Surrey County Council, Katie Dawkins: Travel planning training for young people and adults with special needs

Purpose of conference:
To raise awareness of current transport issues
To raise awareness of possible solutions, however radical
To challenge, and inspire debate
Share views, opinions, good ideas and success stories
To engage partners in Transport for Surrey Partnership decisions e.g. Surrey’s Transport Plan
Show success through partnership working

Conference topic areas:
We rely on our road and transport networks and have high expectations of them
We must reduce our carbon emissions
Money is scarce
How should we plan for Surrey's future transport?
How can we resolve conflicting issues?
Where will the money come from and how much of it will there be?
How radical will the solutions have to be?
What successes can we learn from and repeat?
What further opportunities for are there for partnership working?
Surrey's next Transport Plan is under development, help us get it right
Delegates
Include representatives of health, education, heritage, rail, bus, air and community transport, access groups, businesses, residents, voluntary sector, public utilities, rural interests, Police, local, regional and central Government

To apply for a place email tfspartnership@surreycc.gov.uk

http://www.surreycc.gov.uk/sccwebsite/sccwspages.nsf/LookupWebPagesByTITLE_RTF/Transport+for+Surrey+Partnership+Conference?opendocument

Business Continuity Awareness Week 2010 at Surrey County Council

The annual Business Continuity Awareness Week is taking place from 22nd-26th March 2010.
Business Continuity Awareness Week is led by the Business Continuity Institute; it aims to show the growing importance of Business Continuity Management (BCM) as an integral management tool and raise awareness amongst colleagues and customers.
Business Continuity Awareness Week is an opportunity for me to raise awareness about Surrey County Council’s business continuity programme and to promote the value of business continuity to business and voluntary organisations in the area.
As an elected Member, I have a very important role to play with regard to business continuity. Firstly, it is important that I hold Surrey County Council accountable for its business continuity planning to ensure that the council can continue to deliver essential services to the people of Surrey in the event of a disruptive incident.
Surrey County Council is a Category 1 responder under the Civil Contingencies Act 2004 and as such has a statutory duty to have tried and tested business continuity plans in place.
Secondly, I can play a key role in encouraging local businesses and community or voluntary organisations to develop their own business continuity plan.


· Learn more about business continuity – visit the websites detailed below for further information

Surrey Continuity – http://www.surreycontinuity.org/

The Business Continuity Institute – http://www.thebci.org/

Continuity Central – http://www.continuitycentral.com/

Continuity Forum – http://www.continuityforum.org/


Or alternatively, email SCC on sccemt@surreycc.gov.uk

Regular Surgery

The regular surgery in Ashford Library for April has had to be moved as it will be the Easter holiday weekend. It will now be on Saturday 1st May from 11 to 12 noon, and Borough Councilor George Trussler will be attending with me.

Funding Surgery - Community Foundation for Surrey

Want to find out about potential funding
opportunities for your group?


You are invited to a
Funding Surgery
for community groups



Wednesday 24th February 2010
from 10.00am
at Ashford Community Association
The Centre, Woodthorpe Road, TW15 3NJ




Aimed at voluntary and community groups which are meeting
a priority need within local communities

To book a one-to-one slot to discuss your group’s funding needs
and seek guidance on the funding opportunities available
via the Community Foundation for Surrey

please contact:


Laura Thurlow or Emma Wolfe

Programme Manager / Grants Officer, Community Foundation for Surrey

on 01483 409230
or email laura@communityfoundationsurrey.org.uk


We look forward to hearing from you

Trimming of Trees by residents

If you have been unable to get Surrey County Council to carry out tree works adjacent to your property, see below the advice of SCC's Senior Asset Planning
Manager (Arboriculture):

Customers are entitled under common law to cut parts of trees that trespass
over their boundary regardless of who owns them. Some trees have special
status and may not be worked on without permission from the Town Planning
Authority under Tree Protection rules. Most Highway Authority trees are not
protected by the Local Planning Authority.

So residents can cut what they like if it overhangs, but we ask them to
have due regard for the trees form and future vitality and not to cut
everything off just because they can. This rule applies up to the boundary
only and not 1mm beyond over highway land at which point the act of cutting
can be claimed by us as criminal damage to public property.

Customers should use an Arboricultural Association approved contractor who
can be found at: www.trees.org.uk

Customers in Spelthorne need to send the specification supplied by above
contractor for approval to roderick.johnson@surreycc.gov.uk

If approved the customer will receive confirmation that they may go ahead
with the work.

Works will not be approved over highway land unless an AA approved
contractor is used, but they can use who they like to work over their own
land because of insurance liabilities. All AA contractors are properly
trained and insured.

In some circumstances work may be approved to a whole tree such as crown
thinning if they wish but it is very seldom that crown reduction is
approved due to implications on tree future management / maintenance as
well as the effect on tree structure shape and form.

Voluntary Action in Spelthorne

invites you to help us celebrate our
GRAND LAUNCH
of the
The VAIS Shop
Voluntary Action in Spelthorne (VAIS) is opening its own ‘shop’ to promote and encourage participation in voluntary and community activities within the borough. VAIS ‘shoppers’ will be able to browse our wide range of volunteering opportunities, whilst local organisations will have the opportunity to showcase their activities to the public.

The Grand Launch
We are delighted to be joined by Cllr. Isobel Napper, who will conduct the official opening of the shop. A presentation will be given by VAIS Chief Officer, Elizabeth Moore. Refreshments will be served.

Time: 11am
Date: Wednesday, 10th February 2009
Place: Elmsleigh Centre, Unit 25
(opposite Matalan, next to Superdrug)

For further details, please contact Elizabeth Moore on 01784 446358.

February Surgery

My next surgery is on Saturday 6th February from 10am to noon in Ashford Library, with Kwasi Kwarteng, the new parliamentary candidate for Spelthorne. Please do come along and say hello.