Saltburn Ward May Newsletter.

COUNCILLOR STUART SMITH
SALTBURN WARD NEWSLETTER MAY 2014
stuart.smith@redcar-cleveland.gov.uk
Contact no. 07557 540628


SALTBURN ATHLETIC AWARDED £50,000 BY SPORTS ENGLAND
The junior football club of Saltburn Athletic have again received excellent news. The club has secured a second funding of lottery grants via Sport England to the sum of £50,000 (fifty thousand). The inspired facilities grant will go towards the renovation of the semi derelict changing rooms on Hob Hill, Saltburn. Having secured funding previously via the same source to renovate the field at Hob Hill, Saltburn, the club are now looking forward to having new football pitches and changing facilities and increasing the number of age groups to play in the local Teesside Junior football Alliance leagues within the next two years.

VEGITATION OVERGROWTH MARSKE MILL LANE BLACK BRIDGE
Week commencing the 26th May - work will be carried out to undertake a small footway improvement scheme on Guisborough Road between Hob Hill Crescent and Marske Mill Lane which will require a tempory traffic light control. At the same time work will be carried out to finish off the landscaping from the drainage improvement works in the ravine between the road of Marske Mill Lane and the boundary with Saltburn Campus. This will involve, at my request, the stripping back of the vegetation at the corner of Marske Mill Lane. This is to hopefully reduce the number of complaints we receive regarding the lack of forward vision at this junction due to the growth and height of the vegetation.

SALTBURN IN BLOOM LAUNCH HERITAGE WALK BOOKLET
Saltburn in Bloom have released a guide to Saltburn entitled ‘Understanding Saltburns Heritage’. The booklet accompanies the 8 interpretation boards which were erected around the town last year and incorporates a suggested tour of the town with a planned walk involving the boards and provides more details of the areas referred on them. There is also additional information on other areas of interest in Saltburn. Funding for the interpretation boards and the booklet was obtained from LEADER Small Scale Enhancement Scheme. The booklet is available from Saltburn Library with a suggested donation of £1.50 so that further re-prints can be purchased.

UPDATE ON CHALARA (DIEBACK OF ASH TREES) It appears that we are keeping the serious disease of Chalara at bay within the region. There are no reported sightings of this fungus within the Ash tree population within the Cleveland and North Yorkshire region. The nearest outbreak to the Redcar and Cleveland Borough is located in the County of Durham area close to Durham City. Officers within the authority continue to be vigilant in terms of monitoring for any possible signs of infection, especially around our woodland sites.

SALTBURN BATHING WATER This month saw the launch of the Marine Conservation Society (MCS) annual Good Beach Guide (www.goodbeachguide.co.uk). A record number of UK bathing beaches have received marine charity’s top water quality award after the driest summer since 2003. One of the beaches awarded this classification is Saltburn. The beach is also listed by the Environment Agency at the higher recommendation in the European Bathing Water Directive.

SALTBURN LANDMARK TO RETURN The flagpole on the listed building of The Zetland is to return after several years’ absence. The original flagpole which was allowed to be removed under special exemptions in planning regulation due to the deterioration in its condition. A listed building planning application has been submitted by the Zetland Management Committee for its re-instatement.