Met with Bob who organises the Field End Allotments today. As of today (19th April 2019), there are 4 plots available.
Bob’s contact details are in the video so you have to watch sorry!
The allotments are located behind Field End School and Mount Pleasant, Field End Road and the Yeading Brook. Was a lovely day to visit!
Thanks, Jeremy W, Honorary Secretary SRRA
Lynne Kauffman, our Newsletter Editor has asked me to post on the Friends Coffee Mornings held at the South Ruislip Library on a Monday, the local event is for people with dementia and their carers. The event is run by Hillingdon and is there to offer some support and activities.
The meetup looks like a good opportunity to get out and about and enjoy some good company.
Details on the flyer with the events calendar.
Lively meeting on Wednesday with updates from our local Police, a comprehensive presentation from HS2 representatives and Sqn Ldr Tenniswood from RAF Northolt.
South Ruislip Residents’ Association (established in 1939)
Quarterly Meeting Held at St Mary’s Church On Wednesday 23rd January 2019.
AGENDA
NEXT QUARTERLY MEETING ON 23rdh January 2019 AT ST MARY’S CHURCH HALL THE FAIRWAY 8 PM
Vice Chairman Sid Jackson chaired and opened the meeting at 8pm. Sid welcomed everyone to the meeting.
In attendance were 54 residents and 10 committee members. Councillors present Cllrs Teji Barnes, Allan Kauffman & Cllr Steve Tuckwell & Eddie Lavery
Sid introduced the new constitution which was printed off and distributed with 50 copies for voting at the AGM.
Apologies were received from Lynne Kauffman
No comments on the minutes
Sid distributed copies of the updated constitution for members to read which includes a section on diversity and inclusion.
4.0 Police.
PC & PCSO Anne-Marie talked through the crime figures as attached. 226 crimes. Anne-Marie highlighted break-in of motor vehicles being high and preventable. Burglary higher at the moment – with thieves attracted by new goods from Christmas. Be secure – put on a radio in the day as well as timer lights.
Discussed the benefits of Smart Water in use of crime prevention.
Anne-Marie asked about OWL and was encouraging people to use the system as a strong form of Neighbourhood Watch. https://www.owl.co.uk/met/
5.0 Treasurers Report
Current account £451.90 and deposit £13,378.75. Income and expenditure will be published for 2018 at the AGM next meeting.
6.0 Chief Road Steward
Please with the number of RS’s and only one more RS sought.
7.0 HS2
Slide deck for South Ruislip RA meeting Jan 19
Presentation from Grant Blowers, engagement Graham Dean Power Supplies.
The engagement team are to engage with local councillors, residents associations, residents etc. They are getting more staff to deal with issues. They will hold drop-in clinics every week in the area (although not in S Ruislip). Recommended residents to sign up to www.hs2inhillingdon.commonplace.is There is also a help desk 08081 434 434.
Power for the TBM
Stan on the Tunnel Boring Machine (TBM). The main issue is the electricity requirement which will come from a substation at North Harrow. Stan provided an update on the Power Supply route which needs to be dug to supply the electric. Needs a heavy power supply 33kv and 20MVA (1MVA powers 250 domestic properties). The cable will power the lighting and ventilation post build.
The route will go along residential streets as will minimise disruption vs main roads which they were considering.
They will dig a trench approx. 1.5m x 1.6m holding the cables. Roadworks in affected roads will last from 2 to 4 weeks.
Roads in Hillingdon affected are:
Rushdene Road, Deane Croft Road, Meadow Way, Hawthorne Avenue, Lime Grove, Myrtle Avenue, The Uplands, Westholme Gardens, Manor Way, Midcroft and Ickenham Road.
Work to start Q3 2019 and will last around a year on the cable route.
The drilling of the tunnels will start on West Ruislip and head to Old Oak Common.
SCS Works in South Ruislip
Matthew. Putting a team in place at the moment and turn HS2 scheme into a more detail focused piece of work and they will seek planning permission from the borough councils for the required permits and work. Talked through next stages such as earthworks (2020-2023), civil engineering projects (2019 to 2025) and the railway installation 2024 to 2026.
TBM set to launch around 2021 from West Ruislip.
Discussed the work and impact. There is an impact agreement to minimise disruption to traffic though they will close lanes etc. Discussed the vent shaft at South Ruislip.
Questions from the floor
Any air quality monitoring on the roads due to the lorry movements? Not from HS2 representatives. This is done by the local authority (Hillingdon). They will be using Euro 6 lorries to minimise environmental impact (this is a most recent vehicle requirement). Pressure from the meeting on the councils to monitor.
Noise from the vent shaft? Designed not to do that with fans to cool the tunnel and mitigate the noise.
What is the vent shaft diameter? They would confirm later.
Cllr Kauffman raised concern re the lorry movement along busy roads and the damage caused.
Further questions discussed.
We will invite people from HS2 again to speak later in the year. The update was appreciated.
8.0 RAF Northolt
Sq Ldr James Tenniswood.
Runway resurfacing.
It needs resurfacing, last done in 1977. Needs to be repaired to continue as a military airport. The runway will close between April and October. It will be dug out completely and will be drained properly and improve the arrester beds. Work delayed as the previous contractor was Carrillian who went into receivership.
The runway will remain the same size but at pains to point out it might look slightly longer due to the increased size of the arrester bed.
How will the closure affect the air traffic at the site? They will operate operation Bolthole. Flights Rotary will come in. Fixed wing will move to RAF Benson who will be flown to there via helicopter. Commercial flights will move elsewhere but will resume post build.
Heathrow consultation.
Dept of Transport mandated requirement to get improved use from the air space. Use old technology at the moment and will use GPS to make faster routes. RAF Northolt will be doing the same exercise later in the year.
RAF Northolt won’t be affected by Heathrow’s proposed plan.
Drones.
Phone in sightings. Follow the drone code.
9.0 Pedestrian Crossing
Sid wrote to the council. There is a lack of people stopping and a couple of complaints locally. Anything we can do to improve matters. Got an email back from the Traffic Team with a photo on a clear day and no buses present and how to use the zebra crossing is used. Sid was disappointed.
The culvert at Lidl site on Victoria Road is being improved.
Keen to make the crossings more visible.
Concern raised re the length of time waiting for crossings to change when initially pressed.
10.0 Victoria Road
A number of consultations have taken place and have put in another from Victoria Road to the Black Bull to keep the traffic moving. Purely traffic management only.
Meeting Closed at 9:55pm.
Minutes can be found here!
Quarterly Meeting Held at St Mary 24 10 2018
There was plenty going on with the police and updates from the ward councillors.
We are grateful to Chris Playll for this update on HS2 in South Ruislip.
On 29th October I visited an HS2 engagement event at Ruislip Golf Club. There were a number of information boards on display and representatives of the HS2 project were present to answer questions about them. The information boards can be seen on the HS2 website at:
The HS2 railway will run underground throughout South Ruislip. The only permanent feature affecting our area will be the ventilation shaft located behind the B&M and ASDA stores in Victoria Road. This is not just a shaft but contains ventilation plant and a staircase to enable emergency personnel to access the railway tunnel. The 4th chart on the website shows the shaft in detail.
The 3rd chart shows the route that will be used to remove the soil dug from the shaft during construction and the number of expected lorry movements. These will be outside peak hours. The other work that will affect us is the utilities programme planned to protect some sewers that the rail tunnels will run underneath. This work will be staggered as shown on the chart, but there is no start date.
HS2 will run in a tunnel all the way from West Ruislip to Euston station, except for a station in North Acton called “Old Oak Common” which will have a connection with Crossrail and the Great Western line from Paddington. Long railway tunnels require regular ventilation and emergency access so, in addition to the shaft in our area, there will also be shafts just east of Northolt station, east of Greenford station, and west of Hangar Lane. Two tunnel boring machines will start digging the two railway tunnels in West Ruislip and head east under South Ruislip. At the same time another two tunnel boring machines will start digging two tunnels at Old Oak Common and head west. The tunnel boring machines will meet each other at the Greenford shaft.
Soil dug out of the tunnels under South Ruislip will be taken out via the tunnel entrance in West Ruislip. This soil will be loaded on to railway wagons for removal.
Chris Playll
Images copyright SCS.
A successful service of remembrance was conducted yesterday at the Polish War Memorial in South Ruislip on the 11th of November 2018 at 11am, on hundred years after the end of WW I.
The attendance of our residents is a testimony to the strength and diversity of the local community.
The service was made unique by being led by our local vicar Fr Eric, readers of prayers and poems across the age range from ‘Stars at Knight’ drama students to our library service, the Bourne Choir with their rendition of the National Anthem in both English and Polish and the Last Post and Reveille played by our Hillingdon Music Service. We would also like to thank the Hillingdon Events for preparing the Polish War Memorial for the service and the GAA club for hosting refreshments.
With government cuts, there is a proposal to reduce the number of councillors across Hillingdon from 65 to 53. This means there will be a balancing of wards across the borough to make for roughly 4200 citizens per councillor in Hillingdon. Whilst some wards are unchanged some will disappear and some will go down to two councillors.
What does this mean for South Ruislip?
South Ruislip Ward Boundary Submission PDF to view
The proposal is that South Ruislip would retain three councillors and grow taking the roads currently in Cavendish ward such as Torcross, Queens Walk, Mount Pleasant, Hunters Hill. The exception is Parkfield Crescent which would move to an adjacent Hillingdon ward.
Parkfield aside, this makes sense with the Yeading Brook being a natural barrier.
The ward will fit better with the area the SRRA covers so makes sense to us. But having been established in 1939 we have seen our fair share of boundary changes and as these wax and wane the area we cover remains the same.
What about Cavendish Ward?
However, Cavendish ward will disappear with sections of it going to different expanded wards such as South Ruislip, the Manor and Eastcote. On a personal note I can’t help but feel for the uncertainty that respected established Cllrs in Cavendish such as Cllr Lavery and Barnes will face but such is politics.
What do you think of the changes?
Please have your say on the review at the following link. There are only a few days left for this first stage of consultation but another opportunity to comment will come next year:
http://www.lgbce.org.uk/all-reviews/greater-london/greater-london/Hillingdon
All local residents are invited to a remembrance service at the Polish War Memorial on Sunday 11/11/2018 at the Polish War Memorial from 10.30am to 11am.
To remember those who gave their lives in two World Wars and in present conflicts around the world to keep us free.
You would be welcome to join us for tea and biscuits afterwards at the G.A.A.
As you will see from our last minutes Boris Johnson discussed mostly Brexit and his take on local and mayoral issues.
Quarterly Meeting Held at St Mary 25 07 2018
The Worshipful Mayor of Hillingdon Cllr John Morgan and his Mayoress.
Come along and meet the Mayor on his second visit to open a sports facility in South Ruislip. This time it is an outdoor gym for all residents.
Please put this date in your diary
Thursday 25th October 2018
At 12 noon – 1:30pm
At Deane Park HA4 0HS