Freedom of Information Enquiries (FOIE), Complaints and Enquiries

North Wales Police, Flintshire County Council and Arrive Alive have much lauded corporate statements about their responsibilities as corporate bodies.
When it comes "to cutting the mustard" we shall have to see will we not.

1. FOIE to Arrive Alive for data collected on Chester Rd Penyffordd Traffic speeds collected over 4 days at th end of April - May 2007. Information refused. I have appealed.
I have someone on the case

2. FOIE No 2 Arrive Alive. All the electronic data collected electronically by North Wales Arrive Alive Partnerships for 2004 and 2007. Information refused on the grounds that it will take 18 hours to collate.

3. FOIE No1 Flintshire County Council I'm looking for it lol

4. FOIE No 2 Flintshire County Council sent January 20 th 2008. (not yet dealt with)

A request for information held by Flintshire County Council under the Freedom of Information Act

Re Future Traffic Volumes for Chester Road, Penyffordd.

I want any projected traffic volume data that has been calculated or measured by Flintshire County Council in preparation for the following 6 projects. If you have not worked out any data for any following project I would want for you to state this.

1. A55 Warren Hall exit (Chester Rd a great short cut)
2. Warren Hall Business Park -
3. Broughton Retail Park extension
4. Wrexham UDP expansion that will affect traffic volume through Chester Rd, Penyffordd
5. Saltney Shopping Centre
6. 300 houses Penymynydd White Lion.

I would also want for a copy of the communications by Flintshire County Council with The Welsh Assembly Government with regards traffic volumes for Chester Road, Penyffordd after the A55 Warren Hall is constructed.

5. FOIE No 3 Flintshire County Council sent 22nd January 2008 (not yet dealt with)

A request for information held by Flintshire County Council under the Freedom of Information Act

Any communications between Flintshire County Council and Cllr David Williams, Cllr Colin Bithell and the late Cllr Derek Darlington with regards Chester Road, Penyffordd. By any, I mean emails, letters, faxes, texts. Face to face conversations or telephone conversation summaries, minutes of meetings held.

Please phone or email if you want further definitions or limitations

6. FOIE Number 4 to Flintshire County Council with regards roadworks now taking place between Northop Hall and Connah's Quay. (not yet dealt with)

Dear Flintshire County Council,

I note with interest that the above road is being upgraded, work commenced and will take 6 weeks.

Last May 2007 Charles Hughes Head of Engineering stated at the meeting at Penyffordd War Memorial Institute that Flintshire Highways had no money for any traffic calming for Chester Road, Penyffordd. I think we were one month into the new financial year.

Now 2 months before the end of the financial year a project at the cross roads between Northop Hall and Connah's Quay has commenced.

Under The Freedom of Information Act I require the following.

1. An engineering drawing of the work to be carried out. This can be an overall drawing shrunk to A4.

2. The budget for the project

3. The names of the committee members who passed the budget and the date

4. From what budget did the money come from.

4. The number of accidents and deaths at this junction. You can exclude any accidents and deaths that did not take place at the junction.

FOIE Number 5 to Flintshire County Council with regards Pro Active road signs

Freedom of Information Enquiry du Jour sent 30th January 2008 (still not dealt with)

Dear Flintshire County Council

I want the following information please.

1. The position of all Pro Active signs installed after 3rd May 2007.

2. The names of the committee members or officers responsible for who gets the signs

3. The dates of the initial request by County Councillors for the signs.

4. The names of County Councillors who made requests for signs after the above date.

regards Colin Hughes

Complaints outstanding
1. I have made an official complaint against Flintshire County Council over their very slow response to the constant speeding Chester Rd, Penyffordd. I am being dealt with on this matter. I have had a response from Derek Kirby on this matter which will be discussed further.
2. A complaint against North Wales Police's lack of will to tackle speeding traffic in Penyffordd

Enquiries. I have contacted Flintshire County Council Environment for a site meeting to discuss road noise pollution in Penyffordd with a view to having road noise levels measured.
I have had communication from Flintshire County Council over measuring the above. It is unusual to get a request for noise level monitoring of a road. Andrew Fuller is currently Pollution Control Manager. Andrew has the nay/say on whether the road noise will be measured. Perhaps someone higher up the tree may need to do the asking. Further correspondence from Gerwyn Powell in which he states that Flintshire County Council have no legal remit to measure road traffic noise in the circumstances which Chester Rd finds itself. To be discussed further.

Link meaning of cutting the mustard