FORESTDALE
Spring 2019
Residents’ Newsletter
Distributed to every letterbox throughout Forestdale by your local Conservative Action Team
Local resident Mario Creatura working to be our next MP
NEW LOCAL ACCIDENT AND EMERGENCY FACILITY!
F
ollowing a £21m building programme, a new A&E unit has recently opened at Croydon University Hospital.
atura was selected to Last month local resident Mario Cre eral ydon Central to contest the next Gen be the Conservative Candidate for Cro Election. being born in Mayday Hospital, to Mario has lived locally all his life; from School in South Nor wood, to getting attending St Thomas Beckett Primary first flat in Surrey Street Market. He his first job in the town centre and his fiancée Amy. currently lives in Park Hill with his ity and the issues that affect our commun On his selection, Mario said: ‘I underst k wor drive on the same roads. I want to because we shop in the same shops and us for munity plan to create a better town with residents to deliver a clear com all.’ and businesses in Forestdale – and look ‘I’ve been out meeting local residents forward to seeing you soon’.
Designed by local clinicians, it is intended to speed up the provision of the different types of treatment required by the hugely divergent range of A&E attendees and is 30% bigger than the old department. It will also provide greater privacy for patients since each treatment room has a door and privacy curtain. Treatment for adults and children is completely separate, creating a much more child-friendly environment for families. The funding was lobbied for by the former Conservative MP for Croydon Central, Gavin Barwell and announced in 2015.
‘Binmageddon’ hits Forestdale in January A series of missed refuse collections across Forestdale by the Labour Council caused chaos for residents over Christmas and the New Year. Residents in flats all across the area contacted Andy and Stuart to say their bins had not been collected, complaining of overflowing bin houses infested with rats and maggots. Consequently, many were forced to take their waste to the recycling centre at Forestdale shops – with the result that the centre was literally flooded with black bin bags.
Andy and Stuart reported problems with Holmbury Grove, Pennycroft, Woodpecker Mount, Hartscroft and Sorrel Bank, as these were raised with us by residents, though there may have been many more. Andy and Stuart also spoke to the contract manager for Veolia, who collect bins on behalf of the Council, who has acknowledged that their current system for Forestdale is not working and they need to look at a new approach.
Your local Conservative Action Team Mario Creatura 36 Brighton Road, Croydon CR8 2LG office@mariocreatura.org.uk 020 8660 0491 Mariocreatura.org.uk fb.com/mariocreatura @mariocreatura
Andy and Stuart have presented a petition to the Labour Council calling for the penalties that Veolia pay the Council for missed collections be used to reimburse residents. Sadly, Labour decided to keep the money Veolia pays for Forestdale’s misery. There is a public meeting for Forestdale residents in March to meet Veolia to discuss the best way to improve the situation. If you would like to attend, please contact Andy or Stuart for more information.
Looking after Forestdale Cllr Stuart Millson
stuart.millson@croydon.gov.uk 07783 152376
Cllr Andy Stranack andy.stranack@croydon.gov.uk 07816 123204
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