GiveUs5 responses: A preliminary report.
This is gives the headlines of the GiveUs5 questionnaire findings. A full report will follow this. There were 263 responses to the questionnaire, of which 141 were from adults and 122 were from Year 11s (64 in 2007/08 and 58 in 2008/09)
Main priorities in order
- Improve standards of street and open spaces cleanliness.(97/263, i.e. 36.9%)
- Provide more car parking in the central commercial area and implement effective enforcement of parking regulations.(94/263, i.e. 35.7%)
- Improve the quality of bus transport around the town. As part of that, establish Alresford as a partner for the Quality Bus Partnership. (81/263, i.e. 30.8%)
- Build physical links with Perins School, Arlebury Park and the town to make better use of community facilities. (79/263, i.e. 30%)
- Increase the amount of green space available for recreational purposes and a wider range of activities at Arlebury Park. (76/263, i.e. 28.9%)
- Promote projects to meet needs identified by the Young People's Working Group. (60/263, i.e. 22.8%)
- Reduce traffic speeds at the town gateways. Continue to pursue calming measures that can be established for safe travel. (58/263, i.e. 22.1%)
- Create cycle tracks to facilitate safe cycling. (55/263, i.e. 20.9%)
- Identify possible ‘exception sites' for Alresford people, in order to increase further the provision of affordable housing. (52/263, i.e. 19.8%)
- Identify and monitor brown field sites within the town boundaries suitable for development (50/263, i.e. 19%)
Other projects suggested
The most common areas of project suggestions were for:
- more youth facilities and activities (21 responses, 18 of which came from Year 11s)
- improvement of local transport (inc. lower bus fares) (12)
- the wish to use brownfield sites and not greenfield sites (e.g. on the side of Sun Lane) for development (10)
- a new swimming pool (7)
- movement or creation of business areas (6)
- more car parking to be created or allowed, e.g. in East Street (6)
- changes to the crossing at Pound Hill/the Dean (5)
- improvements to the skate park (5)
- affordable housing, inc. issues of rents charged (5)
