News letter -Barnhill Resident Association

I am reproducing Barnhill Resident Association newsletter just published. Barnhill Resident Association is a unique, efficient and very effective professionally run resident association in the area. I have been working with the association for some years, no hesitation to say I am proud to be associated with Barnhill Association especially their Chair John Wood and Secretary Mrs Wood.
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Dear Residents,

As we mentioned in our last Newsletter the BHRA applied for £30,000 CIL (Community Infrastructure Levy) money from Brent Council and I am pleased to say that we managed to get this sum. This enabled Brent Council Officers Lawrence Usherwood & Martin Page to arrange the planting of 73 trees around West Hill/Uxendon Hill and Alverstone Road.
This means that we have now arranged the planting of 200 trees. We are extremely grateful to Lawrence and Martin for their fantastic work. We do hope you like the trees and the fact that they add to biodiversity.

CIVIC NEWS:

 The Boundary Commission is consulting on whether or not to change the number of Councillors in some Wards, and their proposal is to reduce the number of Barnhill Councillors from 3 to 2. If you would like to have a say on this, then go to the Commission's Consultation Portal:

https://consultation.lgbce.org.uk/node/14501 before the 15th April.

DOUBLE YELLOW LINES:

Residents asked us to request Brent Council to arrange for double yellow lines on Barn Hill because commuters (and some residents) were parking right up to and on the corners. This severely restricted visibility and many residents found driving extremely dangerous as a result of this bad practice.

SPEEDING CARS:
 Residents have contacted us to ask if we can arrange to put a stop to drivers speeding up and down West Hill. On 23rd December a car was speeding down West Hill towards The Avenue when a car reversed out of a drive on the left-hand side and the driver of the downward car lost control and knocked down the telegraph pole outside no.1 West Hill. Brent Council has put us in touch with the Met. Road Transport Police and they will be using a speed gun to monitor speeding drivers. The surface on this road is not good due to the number of heavy lorries that have brought building materials to many houses on West Hill. Cllr Choudhary is busily trying to get this road resurfaced. Numbers 2 - 66 and 1-69 West Hill are not in the Conservation Area.

GREEN BINS:

 Make sure to pay the annual charge of £60 for your green bin by the 1st April.

SPAM E-MAILS:

 The BHRA receive many spam emails asking for payments for outstanding bills etc, and the way we deal with these and anything else that looks suspicious is to delete them immediately. Never click on a link if you are not sure. If anyone rings you purporting to be from your bank and asks you to confirm your bank account details and your password hang up immediately as your bank would not do this.

WEMBLEY STADIUM:

 Tottenham Hotspur has now returned to their own new stadium.

April / May tend to be the busiest time of the year at Wembley so the fixtures for that period are as follows:
Sunday 31st March Checkatrade Trophy Final
Saturday 6th April FA Cup Semi Final
Sunday 7th April FA Cup Semi Final
Saturday 4th May SSE Women's FA cup final
Saturday 11th May National League Promotion final
Saturday 18th May FA cup final
Sunday 19th May FA Vase & Trophy Final days
Saturday 25th May League Two play-off final
Sunday 26th May League One play-off final
Monday 27th May Championship play-off final

John Woods Chairman
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