Ashby Canal Trust - Losing Support

Ashby Canal Trust and Ashby Canal Association, are losing local support in Measham.

Bringing the canal back to Measham means a development of 437 houses, thus putting a huge burden on the village to support this.

Since the village was split over the UK Coal development at Minorca Open Cast, we are again faced with Parish and Local Councillors having to leave meeting on the future of Measham due to conflict of interests.

John Bricknell who led the way with his support of the Minorca Project to lever monies for the development of the canal in Measham, used idilic pictures of the development that never included any large housing schemes or development, again left the discussion at Thursdays Parish Meeting.

A new phrase entered the News this week

Unplanned and Unsustainable Speculative Developments, so sure enough Measham has one, the key here is can we form a big enough group to stop it, and will any one turn up as a show of defiance at the next Parish Council Meeting?

From the Consultation, the spin was how well Measham received the development, well I for one just went to have a look, not to support it, who did?

Do we need to form a Measham Conservation Group, sitting within the Parish Council, so when they leave due to conflict of interest, only Parishioners with the wellbeing of Measham remain?

So people of Measham what are you prepared to do and say?

I have been trying to enlist some help from Leicester County Council, to try and save the open and ancient fields on the proposed 1000m route of the trench, cut or non-canal, I have not had any response as yet?

Call Richard Clark on 01530-454545, explain to him why you want to keep these fields

One other point, HS2, if it does come through this development, does any developer really think they can sell houses that will need to be compulsory purchased putting even more burden on the cost of HS2.

I say, lets have a visitor attraction worth visiting

Early morning mist over Ridge and Furrow, soon to be gone forever