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- Highways England M40/M42 Interchange Scheme – survey works updateWhat are we doing? We’ll carry out a number of different surveys on both carriageways. These will include […]
- Annual Parish Meeting, March 9th 2021 6.30pmThe Annual Parish Meeting is a meeting for residents to come and ask any questions they wish of […]
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Highways England M40/M42 Interchange Scheme – survey works update
What are we doing?
We’ll carry out a number of different surveys on both carriageways. These will include checking drainage systems and existing buried services locations (including electrical and telecommunications cables), drilling carriageway core samples and ecology inspections. We’ll also clear vegetation in some isolated areas to help us safely carry out the surveys.
We’ll work overnight, when the road is at its quietest for 6 weeks.
How will the survey work affect road users?
To safely carry out the surveys, we’ll need to close some lanes (in 4km sections at a time) but will keep one lane open on each carriageway while we work (Monday to Saturday between 9pm and 6am). We’ll take a ‘traffic count’ before we close the lanes and if the traffic levels are too high, we’ll delay the work until traffic levels reduce.
All lanes will be open as usual during the daytime.
We’ll also need close the following slip roads overnight from 9pm and 6am:
M40 J16 southbound exit slip road on 1, 2 and 3 March 2021
M40 J16 northbound entry slip road on 4 and 5 March 2021.
M42 J3 southbound entry slip road every night between 8 and 12 March 2021
M42 J4 southbound entry slip road every night between 15 and 19 March 2021
M42 J4 northbound exit slip road between every night between 22 and 26 March 2021
Please note these dates and times may be subject to change due to weather or operational reasons.
Diversion routes will be clearly signed but please note the diversion through Hockley Heath is only for traffic originating in Hockley Heath.
We apologise for any inconvenience this work may cause and advise everyone travelling through the area to allow extra time for journeys.
What are we doing?
We’ll carry out a number of different surveys on both carriageways. These will include checking drainage systems and existing buried services locations (including electrical and telecommunications cables), drilling carriageway core samples and ecology inspections. We’ll also clear vegetation in some isolated areas to help us safely carry out the surveys.
We’ll work overnight, when the road is at its quietest for 6 weeks.
How will the survey work affect road users?
To safely carry out the surveys, we’ll need to close some lanes (in 4km sections at a time) but will keep one lane open on each carriageway while we work (Monday to Saturday between 9pm and 6am). We’ll take a ‘traffic count’ before we close the lanes and if the traffic levels are too high, we’ll delay the work until traffic levels reduce.
All lanes will be open as usual during the daytime.
We’ll also need close the following slip roads overnight from 9pm and 6am:
M40 J16 southbound exit slip road on 1, 2 and 3 March 2021
M40 J16 northbound entry slip road on 4 and 5 March 2021.
M42 J3 southbound entry slip road every night between 8 and 12 March 2021
M42 J4 southbound entry slip road every night between 15 and 19 March 2021
M42 J4 northbound exit slip road between every night between 22 and 26 March 2021
Please note these dates and times may be subject to change due to weather or operational reasons.
Diversion routes will be clearly signed but please note the diversion through Hockley Heath is only for traffic originating in Hockley Heath.
We apologise for any inconvenience this work may cause and advise everyone travelling through the area to allow extra time for journeys.
Iron Millers
Annual Parish Meeting
This is a meeting for residents – to raise any issues of concern with the Parish Council. We are hoping that some of our Borough Councillors will be in attendance and Martyn Sergeant of SMBC community champions will be attending to talk about, and answer questions on, Covid-19 and the vaccination programme in Solihull. If you have any questions about Solihull’s response to the pandemic, or any issues of concern that you wish to raise relating to Dickens Heath – then please do attend.
The meeting will be taking place on Tuesday March 9th 2021 at 6.30pm on Zoom. Please direct message us or contact us on 07772 469271 or at dickensheathpc@hotmail.com for the meeting details.
This is a meeting for residents – to raise any issues of concern with the Parish Council. We are hoping that some of our Borough Councillors will be in attendance and Martyn Sergeant of SMBC community champions will be attending to talk about, and answer questions on, Covid-19 and the vaccination programme in Solihull. If you have any questions about Solihull’s response to the pandemic, or any issues of concern that you wish to raise relating to Dickens Heath – then please do attend.
The meeting will be taking place on Tuesday March 9th 2021 at 6.30pm on Zoom. Please direct message us or contact us on 07772 469271 or at dickensheathpc@hotmail.com for the meeting details.
Annual Parish Meeting, March 9th 2021 6.30pm
The Annual Parish Meeting is a meeting for residents to come and ask any questions they wish of the Parish Council. It will be held on zoom of course this year, and all are very welcome to attend. Martyn Sergeant of Solihull MBC community Champions has agreed to do a short update on Covid-19 and vaccinations in Solihull and to then answer any questions that residents have. Following this, the Parish Council will invite any other questions from members of the public.
If you would like to attend, please contact us on 07772469271 or dickensheathpc@hotmail.com for the meeting details.
The Annual Parish Meeting is a meeting for residents to come and ask any questions they wish of the Parish Council. It will be held on zoom of course this year, and all are very welcome to attend. Martyn Sergeant of Solihull MBC community Champions has agreed to do a short update on Covid-19 and vaccinations in Solihull and to then answer any questions that residents have. Following this, the Parish Council will invite any other questions from members of the public.
If you would like to attend, please contact us on 07772469271 or dickensheathpc@hotmail.com for the meeting details.
Parish Council Meetings
The Parish Council Of Dickens Heath
Due to the ongoing Coronavirus Pandemic, Parish Council Meetings will now be held virtually, using Zoom, until further notice. The next meetings will be held on the following dates:
Annual Parish Meeting:-
March 9th at 6.30pm
Parish Council Meetings:-
9th March 2021 at 7.30pm
13th April 2021 at 7.15pm
14th May 2021 at 7.15pm
Members of the press and public are welcome to attend – please contact the Clerk for meeting access details on 07772 469271 or dickensheathpc@hotmail.com
The Parish Council Of Dickens Heath
Due to the ongoing Coronavirus Pandemic, Parish Council Meetings will now be held virtually, using Zoom, until further notice. The next meetings will be held on the following dates:
Annual Parish Meeting:-
March 9th at 6.30pm
Parish Council Meetings:-
9th March 2021 at 7.30pm
13th April 2021 at 7.15pm
14th May 2021 at 7.15pm
Members of the press and public are welcome to attend – please contact the Clerk for meeting access details on 07772 469271 or dickensheathpc@hotmail.com
Parish Council News – February 2021
Parish Council Meetings
The Parish Council will be continuing with meetings using Zoom for the foreseeable future. The next meetings will be held on Tuesday February 9th and March 9th 2021 at 7.15pm. The public are very welcome to attend – but please remember that once public participation is over, any input from members of the public is at the discretion of the Chair. Please contact the Clerk for meeting access details.
Update on Procurement of Replacement Playground
We had hoped to begin the New Year ready to consult with the school children on which play equipment they would prefer to see in the replacement playground. A draft pack of play equipment choices is ready – but unfortunately Covid and lockdown has once again meant an inevitable delay. We will move forward as soon as we can once the schools reopen.
Village Christmas Tree
Although Christmas does now seem a distant memory, the Christmas tree on the Village Green did sadly fall victim to vandalism on 3 occasions. The Parish Council would like to extend a huge thank you to those who refused to be defeated by the vandal and kept mending and reinstalling further lights – thank you to Parish Councillors Trevor Eames and Alan Scholes, to many wonderful members of our community, and to Woods Farm for donating a third and very substantial set of lights which ensured that the tree remained twinkling over Christmas.
Dickens Heath Medical Centre/SHP
The Parish Council have been approached by residents with concerns about Dickens Heath Medical Centre and that it may close – that it appears to be unoccupied at this time, that residents are receiving prescriptions from Grove Rd Surgery, and any face to face appointments are taking place at Monkspath. Members of the Parish Council are currently following this up with Solihull MBC, who have been in touch with SHP.
Annual Parish Meeting – Meeting for Residents
The Annual Parish Meeting is a meeting for residents, and this year we are planning to hold it via Zoom on the evening of Tuesday March 9th. We have invited Martyn Sargeant of Solihull MBC to give an update about the Covid 19 and Community Champions situation and progress in Solihull at that time. Martyn may also be in a position to give residents an update on SHP and local health provision. The weekly Community Champions updates are always very interesting, and this evening will also allow for questions from residents.
Road Adoptions
Some of the roads in Dickens Heath still remain as unadopted by Solihull MBC and owned by developers. We are pleased to report that a stretch of Rumbush Lane from Waterside, including the island at Gorcott Lane, and up to the T junction, has now been adopted and will be maintained by Solihull MBC. The Parish Council hope to work with SMBC and to make some improvements to the Gorcott Lane island.
Dickens Heath Heroes
And last but not least, the Parish Council would like to say a huge thank you to some of our Dickens Heath Heroes who have been making a difference to the village by litter picking. To the couple who live near the Village Green and litter pick most days, and to the young man who is volunteering as a litter picker for his Duke of Edinburgh award – you are very much appreciated.
Maureen Holloway
Chair, Dickens Heath Parish Council.
Contact Us:
Dickens Heath Parish Council Tel: 07772 469271, Email: dickensheathpc@hotmail.com www.dickensheathpc.org.uk c/o Dickens Heath Library, Old Dickens Heath Rd, Dickens Heath, Solihull B90 1SD
Parish Council Meetings
The Parish Council will be continuing with meetings using Zoom for the foreseeable future. The next meetings will be held on Tuesday February 9th and March 9th 2021 at 7.15pm. The public are very welcome to attend – but please remember that once public participation is over, any input from members of the public is at the discretion of the Chair. Please contact the Clerk for meeting access details.
Update on Procurement of Replacement Playground
We had hoped to begin the New Year ready to consult with the school children on which play equipment they would prefer to see in the replacement playground. A draft pack of play equipment choices is ready – but unfortunately Covid and lockdown has once again meant an inevitable delay. We will move forward as soon as we can once the schools reopen.
Village Christmas Tree
Although Christmas does now seem a distant memory, the Christmas tree on the Village Green did sadly fall victim to vandalism on 3 occasions. The Parish Council would like to extend a huge thank you to those who refused to be defeated by the vandal and kept mending and reinstalling further lights – thank you to Parish Councillors Trevor Eames and Alan Scholes, to many wonderful members of our community, and to Woods Farm for donating a third and very substantial set of lights which ensured that the tree remained twinkling over Christmas.
Dickens Heath Medical Centre/SHP
The Parish Council have been approached by residents with concerns about Dickens Heath Medical Centre and that it may close – that it appears to be unoccupied at this time, that residents are receiving prescriptions from Grove Rd Surgery, and any face to face appointments are taking place at Monkspath. Members of the Parish Council are currently following this up with Solihull MBC, who have been in touch with SHP.
Annual Parish Meeting – Meeting for Residents
The Annual Parish Meeting is a meeting for residents, and this year we are planning to hold it via Zoom on the evening of Tuesday March 9th. We have invited Martyn Sargeant of Solihull MBC to give an update about the Covid 19 and Community Champions situation and progress in Solihull at that time. Martyn may also be in a position to give residents an update on SHP and local health provision. The weekly Community Champions updates are always very interesting, and this evening will also allow for questions from residents.
Road Adoptions
Some of the roads in Dickens Heath still remain as unadopted by Solihull MBC and owned by developers. We are pleased to report that a stretch of Rumbush Lane from Waterside, including the island at Gorcott Lane, and up to the T junction, has now been adopted and will be maintained by Solihull MBC. The Parish Council hope to work with SMBC and to make some improvements to the Gorcott Lane island.
Dickens Heath Heroes
And last but not least, the Parish Council would like to say a huge thank you to some of our Dickens Heath Heroes who have been making a difference to the village by litter picking. To the couple who live near the Village Green and litter pick most days, and to the young man who is volunteering as a litter picker for his Duke of Edinburgh award – you are very much appreciated.
Maureen Holloway
Chair, Dickens Heath Parish Council.
Contact Us:
Dickens Heath Parish Council Tel: 07772 469271, Email: dickensheathpc@hotmail.com www.dickensheathpc.org.uk c/o Dickens Heath Library, Old Dickens Heath Rd, Dickens Heath, Solihull B90 1SD
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