MACK Plan Comments

SC Posted on9:26 am - 12th January 2021

Just to say big thank you, we received our MACK Plan report via the post and can appreciate how much hard work the volunteers have put to it.
All the issues and observations you discuss are still valid and in some cases getting worse by the day.
My concerns are the standard of driving through Milton Abbot, hence us forming the Milton Abbot Community Road Safety and taking part in Speed Watch Volunteering. Especially concerned with the plight of parents walking to MA village school.

The road and road markings in front of the school are very run down, the yellow lines almost disintegrated completely.
The lack of maintenance carried out by some landowners to some of the footpaths and bridle ways. Most important during lockdown. The older land owners regularly maintained ditches and unblocked drains currently now not being done. This knowledge will be lost.

The deterioration of the Milton Abbot village hall. During lockdown many villagers have expressed a wish to make more use of the Village Hall, I believe this can be encouraged but my experience of attending Yoga in the hall, it is cold, damp and expensive to heat. I think more Villagers and people working from home are now interested in attending the drop in or meeting up for a coffee but again the village hall needs to be more welcoming.

Milton Abbot hall has some interesting books on its shelves but the last time I took one off the shelf there was a nasty looking green powdery mould behind the books. Again a huge need for funding to update, preserve and maintain our village hall facility.

I wonder how the community can come together to work on these issues?

cc MA Parish Council