Parish Council Achievements – Since 2000
What has Milton Ernest Parish Council ever done for us? You might be surprised by the list below:
- Reduced the A6 speed limit from 40mph to 30mph.
- Installed a traffic controlled road crossing on the A6.
- Added a footpath to the Playing Field.
- Provided speed humps on Thurleigh Road.
- Published ‘The Importance of Milton Ernest’ village history book.
- Devised the Heritage Trail and accompanying leaflet.
- Provided three new public notice boards.
- Purchased and created the Riverside Meadow amenity area.
- Installed two picnic benches on Riverside Meadow.
- Gained permission from the landowner for walkers to access part of Milton Ernest Hall’s land.
- Installed dog waste bins.
- Provided the adventure trail at the Playing Field.
- Instigated the resurfacing of Arkwright Road, Bedford Road, Church Green, Huntsmans Way, Radwell Road and Rushden Road.
- Provided three speed activated signs on the A6.
- Installed railings at the bottom of the village green to make it less likely that a child should run onto the nearby busy A6.
- Supported village organisations with time, expertise and money.
- Ensured the proposed ‘Milton Court’ became ‘Butterfield Court’.
- Installed a Youth Shelter at the Playing Field.
- Widened the A6 path on the dangerous bend opposite the Maltings.
- Provided representatives for various village committees.
- Installed a new light column in a dimly lit Huntsmans Way garage block.
- Fought a successful campaign to prevent a planned gravel pit.
- Successfully fought three attempts to demolish the Maltings.
- Worked with Bedfordia to reduce unpleasant odours.
- Changed the grass cutting contractor, with great results, after listening to the feedback from the village.
- Installed benches at two locations.
- Replaced the bus shelter after it was demolished in an accident.
- Donated almost £14,000 under Section 137 to village organisations and over £10,000 to All Saints’ Church.
- Replaced a fence, which had been missing for decades, to conceal two eyesore vehicles in Huntsmans Way.
- Employed litter pickers to keep the village as tidy as possible.
- Installed wooden gates at the A6 entrances to the village.
- Provided a Christmas tree with lights.
- Adopted Parish Plan April 2010 and in response implemented the following:
- installed energy saving, time-controlled street lights
- installed a zip wire on playing fields
- installed a skate board simulator
- investigating provision of tennis courts
- establishing allotments for the village
- providing recycling facilities
- wider provision of groceries being sold by Garden Centre
- encouraged the creation of a number of new clubs and societies in the village
