….  “this is not the standard of driving exhibited by all Waterlooville drivers” 

HONEST !!!

Car plunges into hole in Waterlooville road – Travel Latest – The News.

The subject of a two-week enquiry, plans for 7,000 houses are to come under scrutiny. 7,000 homes when only 2,000 are required, to be built in the area North of Fareham towards Knowle village.

Plans for over 2,000 homes to be built west of Waterlooville have already been given the go ahead.

With all this development it won’t be long before Solent City becomes a reality. The Government’s South East plan is leading us rapidly towards a “vast urban sprawl” from Totton in the west to Waterlooville in the East. The insidious creeping growth of our local settlements is slowly consuming the buffer zones which have, so far, maintained the individuality and character of our towns and villages.

What I would like to know is where is the infrastructure to support this enormous increase in people and traffic ? I have lived in the same property for over twenty years and have watched the slow build up of traffic. This volume increase is set to explode with the new developments. And yet there doesn’t seem to be a cohesive plan to cope with the additional traffic.

You only have to visit the Locks Heath / Segensworth area during the morning or evening rush hours to understand how well our local planners understand the problems…NOT !!!. Locks Heath and Segensworth have gone through extraordinary growth over the last few years. The slip roads off the M27 have become long car parks while residents try to get home through the log jams that form around the roundabouts on the A27.

I can only see this phenomenon growing and migrating along the M27 to Junctions 10 & 11 for Fareham and on to Junctions 2 and 3 of the A3M for Waterlooville if these new proposed developments aren’t curbed.

Judgement day over new town as inquiry gets down to work – Politics – The News.

What a brilliant idea.

Place one rising up from the centre of the Church Street roundabout.

That would be much more striking that the useless Sails of the South which provide a pathetic greeting to people driving into Pompey. It would also provide a truly historic link between Portsmouth, the Royal Navy carriers and the Falklands.

MP wants iconic Harrier jump-jet to be placed on display in Portsmouth – East Hampshire – The News.

Once again the law has shown itself to be a total ass.

How can these thugs get off so lightly. Especially when they have previous convictions for similar crimes ??? Judge William Andreae-Jones knew Bancroft and Daly had previous convictions for violence. Bancroft was jailed for GBH in 1997.

Tim Hanks is left with psychological and physical wounds and these guys just walk away, virtually scot free

This is another case where the police must wonder what all their efforts are for.

Fan’s anger as thugs who beat him avoid prison – East Hampshire – The News.

So they found some more money !!!

Pretty artist impressions do not readily translate into the real thing nor do they generate business for the non-existent shops. Just take a look at our pastel parade. To me it looks just like a colour washed physical version of an artist impression. It is not the most attractive town centre.

We are about to be hit by the huge housing development over the western side of the town. What on earth is going to draw the new residents into the town centre ?

I have lived in the town for over 20 years and have seen the road traffic increase as vehicles try to avoid Waterlooville. Many people see the town as an irritation that disrupts the flow of the A3. They don’t stop because there is nothing to see. Just a plain, bland and tired pedestrian area.

I have seen business drying up in the town centre while the planners have allowed warehouse style shopping around the towns perimeter. What should have happened is that the planners should have encouraged the town centre to grow and flourish in the style of a market town with lots of smaller specialist shops. Allowing the Matalans, Brantano’s, furniture warehouse style shops and such like to open away from the town centre was the death knell to Waterlooville.

Makeover set to boost Waterlooville town centre’s trade – East Hampshire – The News.

I have previously suggested that we bring back the birch.

Here is a prime example of a situation where that short sharp shock would be of benefit. The residents of this quiet close all now have the inconvenience of having to repair their vehicles. Meanwhile the perpetrators are probably fast asleep getting over there hangovers.

The residents interviewed in this article seem quite relaxed about the estimated £50 that each of them will have to fork out. Personally I would be seething and would want to use the aerials and wiper blades to beat some sense into the mindless morons that carried out this damage.

Vandals rip wipers from cars during late-night rampage through road – Law and Order – The News.