Backbench councillors on an important committee could be looking at why roadworks in town seem to take so long to complete. The Labour chairman of the scrutiny committee Jim Robbins has put in an item into the committee’s future work programme – which will have to be agreed at its meeting on Monday – calling for the committee “to review roadworks projects in the town, determine why they are overrunning, and what is causing the delays and what impact are they having . It says: “Roadworks have the reputation of overrunning in Swindon, with Bruce Street Bridges and Greenbridge seeing significant delays recently.
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Councillor Jim Robbins went to Calais to meet refugees, he working with Swindon Calais solidarity group to bring aid to the people..Pic - Jim Robbins.Date 19/11/15.Pic By Dave Cox. COUNCILLOR Jim Robbins does – as it turns out – have the authority. Having said at the start of Monday night s online scrutiny committee meeting that he didn’t want any Handforth Parish Council vibes”, the chairman and Labour councillor went on to lay down the law. His comment followed coverage of a parish meeting in Cheshire which went viral last week and made an overnight star of its clerk, Jackie Weaver.