Parish Woods - vote won!

In January, I asked you to Vote to improve Parish Wood Park - and our School environment

I have just heard that the results are now in from the recent competition and that the Parish Wood Park project won. The project will now receive a grant of £400,000 from Boris Johnson for improvements to the park.

As I mentioned, the school environment will also benefit significantly from this project.

Many thanks to all of you who voted.

Vote to improve Parish Wood Park - and our School environment

Work is being undertaken at Our Lady of the Rosary School in connection with the development of a pathway through the Nursery and the development of Parish Woods in which the school will be given an area of woodland in exchange for the area of school grounds being taken for the pathway. Part of this project is developing the Parish woodland area which will include the wider development of the site, such as improving the wetland area and the River Shuttle improvements.

This project has just been short listed by the Mayor of London to win a grant of £400,000 for major improvements works. Whether Bexley gets this vote or not will be based on the number of votes cast by local people. You can vote either online, by phone to request a postal vote or by text.

And here is your direct link to vote for Parish Wood Park. Please do this now - it only takes a moment and the children at Our Lady of the Rosary School will benefit from this work.

To find out more, here is a link to general information about Help a London Park and here is a link to information about Parish Wood Park.

Voting closes on Friday 30th January 2009.

Roadworks

Kevin Meehan has very kindly arranged for some work to be done to the driveway. The lamp-post has been moved back slightly and "keep left" signs will be put on the island. There will be a coloured pedestrian walkway from the Church to the car park and more space for people to walk when cars are entering or exiting the car park. Many thanks to Mr Riney for his generosity.