To ask what progress the Council has made in changing forever the patching of road failures, pothole and poor surfaces and moving to a scheme of fixed first time and long lasting road re-surfacing capable of facing the wet and wild weather we experience each year?
Can I welcome the opening of the Spire Lodge for children with significant disabilities and complex learning needs. Such a facility is needed. But to ask how the public can trust the County Council over the opening of new facilities when we are in process of closing down superb facilities and care homes such as Ada Belfield Centre. Aren’t we being seen as quite literally giving with one hand whilst taking away with the other?
The Derbyshire Makes Festival runs from 28th March to 27th April 2025, and is a three year programme of cultural activity across 6 distinct hubs. How confident is the Council that it has truly harnessed the creative and artistic traditions of Derbyshire and what lessons have been documented and learnt thus far that might enhance future years of a festival such as this?
I have repeatedly raised the issue of suicide and attempted suicide in this chamber on a number of occasions over the last four years. This is the last meeting of this full Council of this elected quadrennium. What progress has been made to make pedestrian bridges in Chesterfield safer and less open as black spots for such terrible occasions and locations of trauma?
