Long time readers on the Rayleigh public toilet saga will know that I'm no superfan of the decisions made around the new toilets for the town centre. I've baulked at the cost of the Rochford District Councils £365,000 toilet project along with many residents and the cost shifting to Rayleigh Town Council.
The new toilets for Crown Hill are of a modular nature and have been constructed offsite. Here's an exclusive first look at what you will see when they are finally installed.
Residents will have to wait though to test out the new facilities as there has been a delay due to an 'oversight' that the road will need to be closed for a crane to lift them into place and telephone lines moved..... just a slight oversight!
Today the Echo News reports that campaigners are asking Basildon council to force developers to provide the infrastructure to support the homes before any development is commenced. Surely this is almost common sense? Asking developers to put their hand in their pocket is truly shocking, and even before they’ve seen any return on their investment but
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*Update – I’ve received a ‘request’ to modify this post from Rochford District Council Strategic Director, I will leave you the reader to draw your own conclusions why I have received this request, but I am pretty certain it’s not for the reasons alluded to!From: “Angela Hutchings” Sent: 31 December 2018 14:38To: “Rayleigh Town” Cc:
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Christmas is undoubtedly a small business owner’s time to shine and this Welsh business owner has absolutely nailed it! With their own Christmas ad costing just £100, they’ve had over 1m hits on YouTube – advertising agencies will greener than the Grinch with envy and I challenge you not to let this bring a tear
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