Please be aware that there will be temporary closures/or delays from 30th September for 4 to 5 days due to kerbing being installed at the lower end of Welcomes Road.
Please try to use an alternative exit/entry and we apologise for the inconvenience caused.
Frank Gaskin, Civil Civils, will be in Uplands Road making necessary repairs on 10th, 11th and 12th September. Please drive carefully and if the road is obstructed temporarily exercise patience.
Secretary
From time to time members report incidents of trespass, theft and other suspicious behaviour in the neighbourhood and this seems to be well received by many members when the information is circulated by WURA.
If you wish to report an incident please try to include the following details:
If an actual crime has occurred, we strongly encourage you report it to the police.
Secretary
A new drainage connection for the development at 32 Welcomes Road is to be installed from 29th June to 2nd July. You are strongly advised to avoid using the lower part of Welcomes Road/Kenley Lane/Valley Road at all for this period.
Advance warning notices will be put up by the contractors.
The contractors will manage the refuse collection lorry routing which is due to empty bins on Monday.
The drainage work had been scheduled for w/b 22nd June as previously advised, but had to be postponed a week for technical reasons.
Every effort will be made to complete the work by Wednesday 1st July but an extra day has been allowed for the unexpected.
Thank you for your patience.
Croydon Council require evidence-based data for any traffic infringements or damage to the WURA roads. This isn’t just for the HGVs involved in the construction work, but should cover any obstruction or blockage, except those for the short period required for a delivery.
Construction traffic is required to conform to the Council stated rules which now form part of each site’s logistics plan. Vehicles should enter at the Kenley Station end of Welcomes Road and depart via Hayes Lane by turning right.
 | Any HGVs travelling in the opposite direction, reversing or maneuvering to turn (except, of course, to access their site) are contravening these rules and should be reported. Any damage caused to the road surface or kerbside should also be reported. |
Please email details to the WURA secretary at welcomesanduplandsroads@gmail.com. To be a useful report, the following information MUST be included:
Work is planned for 3 to 4 days from Tuesday 23rd June 2020 outside 32 Welcomes Road, which is a construction site. The road will be passable but traffic light controlled whilst managing any HGVs that might be travelling in opposite directions.
Monday has been left clear for the refuse lorry to operate unimpeded.
Because of the COVID 19 situation the Committee felt that it would be unwise to hold an AGM this year and noted that Kendra had made a similar decision.
The Committee therefore met on 1st June using Zoom. Click here to view the resulting report on the meeting which was based on matters arising from the 2019 AGM and updating members on the current situation. The website stats referenced in the minutes can be viewed here.
Signed-off accounts are now also included here.
Your comments are welcome and you can email myself or the Chairman with them.
Kind regards and keep safe.
Richard Russell
Secretary WURA
The Spring 2020 Newsletter is now available here (PDF file).
The printing and possible delivery to individual WURA households is still undecided, given the current Covid-19 restrictions.
Stay safe and keep well!
One of our members wrote to the Secretary the other day kindly offering to help with shopping for anyone who requires such assistance when isolated at home for whatever reason.
The member concerned wrote : ‘Generally I imagine most ‘elderly’ residents have family/’younger’ friends to assist with shopping, maintaining contact etc. but maybe not everyone – and of course if these support people contract the virus they will be unavailable too. I’d be happy to include myself on a list -through WURA to provide a shopping service if required (and if people want, a telephone calling-in-to-see-how-you-are-doing activity). Until such time as the quarantine signs hang off my gate too! ‘
If you can also help in anyway please let the Secretary know and he will create a list of volunteers on the WURA email system.
Helpers will be asked if they are willing and able to do the job before we give their contact details to the person needing help.
People needing help should tell any Committee member what the problem is.
Another WURA member has noted that the Croydon Voluntary Action are trying to co-ordinate the voluntary effort in the Borough. They are working with the Council and other statutory bodies to ensure that volunteers are properly checked out under safeguarding rules and that as much care as possible is taken in helping and providing support to members of the community.
For more information from the CVA, including a telephone helpline and a volunteering portal, please visit their website.
If you have not yet provided your email address to WURA Secretary , please do so, so that you can be kept up-to-date or request assistance if you need it.
For other problems please be guided by the advice from Government particularly about avoiding contact with people with flu like symptoms.
Keep well everyone and thank you the lady who raised the topic.
The Kenley Community Plan work last year was carried out by Croydon Council in response to concerns raised by the local community about the impact of the increase in housing in Kenley. The Council secured funding from the Greater London Authority’s (GLA) Good Growth Fund (GGF) to appoint consultants to engage with the community to create a Community Plan for the area.
The last update presentation of the Plan was held at the Kenley Memorial Hall in September, and included the following key areas of interest:
The Council is now seeking your feedback on the draft Plan prior to publishing the final version. If you wish to provide feedback please follow this link which will take you to the draft Plan and a structured feedback questionnaire.
The questionnaire and draft Plan will be live from 1pm on Friday 21 February 2020 and feedback will close at midnight on Sunday 22 March 2020. The final Plan will be published in late spring.
You can keep up-to-date with what is happening in Kenley here: www.croydon.gov.uk/kenleycommunity
If you would like to be added to Croydon Council’s Kenley mailing list to ensure you are included in any further engagement and to be kept up-to-date please send your details to: kenleycommunity@croydon.gov.uk
