Newport T/Towns report 2006

Newport/Mularanny - Newport Tidy Towns plans for coming season

At the recently held meeting of the Newport Tidy Towns committee,
Chairperson Anne McGovern, welcomed the new members to the committee,
but also expressed disappointment with the lack of interest shown as was
evident with the small turn out.
After briefly recapping on last years report from the Tidy Towns
competition, some areas of immediate importance for cleaning were discussed.
It was agreed that the weekly Monday night clean-up should continue,
beginning on the first Monday night in May, when hopefully many more
people will turn out to help.
The chairperson also told the meeting that the annual clean-up will take
place on Good Friday again this year, when the Westport and Newport
committees will gather at Kilmeena Community Hall, at 10.00am, and each
work towards their own town, gathering litter. Once again it is hoped
that there will be a good turn out to help more details later.
The Chairperson together with the committee congratulated the local Holy
Family Primary School on winning the "Blue Flag", they hope that the
children will continue to be aware of litter control while outside their
school grounds.
A letter, which was handed to the meeting from Mr Tommy Chambers, The
Billy Ranch, Newport was read out by the chairperson. Among the items
mentioned in the letter were "street furniture and all advertising signs
should be removed or displayed in such a way that they will not obstruct
access for wheelchairs or prams.
Flowerpots and seats should come into the same category. Parts of
Meddlicott Street are not wheelchair friendly and need urgent attention.
Tom also mentioned that "despite getting a parking bay for disabled
drivers, a minority of able-bodied people use it to park their cars".
So the Tidy Towns committee would ask all business people to take note
of street space outside their premises, and to please make sure that
wheelchairs, push-chairs or people using "walkers" can pass without
difficulty.