Today what is potentially the final consultation on the Arborfield Garrison SDL closed.
Firstly our thanks go to everybody who has contributed to the consultation, we can only hope that our views will be considered and acted upon by Wokingham Borough Council. We’d also like to thank the volunteers around Arborfield and the neighbouring villages who spent time delivering flyers and knocking on doors getting the word out about the consultation, sadly the Borough Council’s attempts to notify people consisting of newspaper advertisements, and an article buried away on page 18 of a council publication that in the case of Arborfield didn’t even reach residents until the consultation was almost over was not overly successful in getting the message out judging by the number of comments we’ve received from people who only found out through our posters and flyers.
As we move forward, the usual method by which Wokingham Borough Council releases details of the consultation responses is by means of a summary document, often this groups responses into broad categories, and often the text of the letters is reduced to a sentence or two. Whilst Wokingham Borough Council will give a number of reasons as to why they do this, it does serve to hide away the sometimes strong feelings that local residents have expressed in their letters. However, with the permission of the the writers, we have posted some examples of the letters people have written on a special page. If you wish to share your letter too, please contact us and forward us a copy of your letter and we will post it there.
Our sincere thanks go to those people who have agreed to share their letters with us and a wider audience.
As the Consultation Closes, What Have People Written?
Today what is potentially the final consultation on the Arborfield Garrison SDL closed.
Firstly our thanks go to everybody who has contributed to the consultation, we can only hope that our views will be considered and acted upon by Wokingham Borough Council. We’d also like to thank the volunteers around Arborfield and the neighbouring villages who spent time delivering flyers and knocking on doors getting the word out about the consultation, sadly the Borough Council’s attempts to notify people consisting of newspaper advertisements, and an article buried away on page 18 of a council publication that in the case of Arborfield didn’t even reach residents until the consultation was almost over was not overly successful in getting the message out judging by the number of comments we’ve received from people who only found out through our posters and flyers.
As we move forward, the usual method by which Wokingham Borough Council releases details of the consultation responses is by means of a summary document, often this groups responses into broad categories, and often the text of the letters is reduced to a sentence or two. Whilst Wokingham Borough Council will give a number of reasons as to why they do this, it does serve to hide away the sometimes strong feelings that local residents have expressed in their letters. However, with the permission of the the writers, we have posted some examples of the letters people have written on a special page. If you wish to share your letter too, please contact us and forward us a copy of your letter and we will post it there.
Our sincere thanks go to those people who have agreed to share their letters with us and a wider audience.
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