Herald - Issue 401

Page 10 • The HERALD • 28th January 2021 v SAY YOU SAW IT IN THE HERALD v • Pitched Tile and Slate Roofs • Torch on Flat Roofs • EDPM Single Ply Roofs • Shingle Roofs • Fascia & Guttering • Repointing • Roof Repairs • Leadwork • RoofWindow Installations Company based in Blackfield, Southampton FREE ESTIMATES Tel: 07715 300006 or 023 8019 8115 lb.roofing47@yahoo.co.uk LB ROOFING & BUILDING Professional installers of Fascias, Guttering, Cladding, PVCu Windows & Doors Composite Doors • 10 year labour and product guarantees Repairs, cleaning and advice also available Tel: 023 8086 9715 or 07888 705455 enquiries@aztecfascias.com All aspects of Plastering & General Decorating Covered Free Quotations Fully Insured Mobile 07941 255335 Phone: 023 8089 8324 parkesij@yahoo.co.uk www.ijs4plastering.co.uk Send your local news to The Editor, The Herald, 2 High Street, Hythe SO45 6AH or email editor@herald-publishing.co.uk Coming of the Railway to Basingstoke e Railway Club of the New Forest will gather together for a Zoom presentation on Friday 29th January . “Coming of the Railway to Basingstoke’” by David Brace describes the rst main line from London to Southampton from its initial Act, the arrival of the Great Western from Reading. ree other lines were built in the pre-World War 1 period of some 60 years. ese including the extension of the LSWR westwards to Salisbury and the Basingstoke & Alton Light Railway and the private railway to serve the mental hospital north of the railway. e widening of the line to 4 tracks and the building of the Battledown Flyover are covered as well as the three di erent stations. e talk concludes with pictures of the motive power seen in the 1950’s. Visitors can nd them on their website at: www. railwayclubo henewforest.org and go through their “Contact us” on ‘Track Back’ to request an invitation. The second Basingstoke station before widening to 4 tracks Almost 4,000 residents and organisations gave their views on New Forest District Council’s dra waste strategy in a public engagement from 12th November until 20th December 2020. The Council invited comments on the dra strategy which sets out how to reduce waste, increase recycling rates and enable residents to recycle more items from home. As part of making an improved service possible, the draft strategy includes a proposal for a wheeled bin service and alternate weekly collection - where general waste is collected one week, recycling the next - is introduced. Councillor Alison Hoare, Portfolio Holder for Environment said: “ We’ve been pleased to see so much useful discussion in our public engagement around our draft waste strategy which looks at the changes we can make to reduce waste and increase recycling in the district. “Thank you to everyone who has given us their views. The responses are now being analysed by an independent research company and we will report back on the findings later in the New Year. The feedback you’ve given will help us shape a waste strategy that works for the local area and our environment.” e council’s cabinet recommended on 4th November 2020 that the dra strategy be worked on in more detail to see how a new service could operate well for the area. 3,786 people gave their comments through the council’s website, with more than 200 comments submitted from the paper engagement packs, by letter, email and from local partner organisations. Together with a detailed business case for proposed service changes, the comments received will help the Council assess whether the proposals can be taken forward in a nal waste strategy. Any changes to the waste and recycling service would not be implemented until 2022 at the earliest. For more information and to read the dra waste strategy go to: www.newforest.gov.uk/ wastestrategy Thousands of Comments Being Analysed as Part of NFDC’s Draft Waste Strategy Work