The Council finally backed down and scrapped their pathetic plan to shutter the Duttons Road offices. They tried to drag our services to Andover and leave our local staff in the dust but they underestimated how hard we would fight to stop them. We forced them to listen so keep …
July 21, 2012
Final supporters
The proposal to close the Council Offices in Duttons Road is currently in consultation. The Proposal summarised as: The creation of a new Customer Services presence at the former Magistrates Court with the relocation of 60+ staff from Romsey to Andover. The concerns are: - The loss of 60+ jobs in Romsey when unemployment is so high. - The people from Southern Test Valley want to keep their Public Services Local, you shouldn’t have to make an appointment every time you want to speak to someone at the Council. -There is no public transport to travel the 18 miles from Romsey to Andover for customers to come and speak to certain Council Officers. -Is it really good use of tax payers money to buy another old building that will need refurbishing and have to find another venue for committee meetings? -There is room to rent out parts of the Duttons Road Offices to other groups (CAB, Test Valley Community Services, and Hampshire County Council) -Where will customers park when visiting the customer service unit in the former Magistrates Court? -The Council's own green travel policy would not be followed or promoted as all of the extra travelling needed by Romsey staff to get to Andover would increase the workforce's carbon footprint. - What will happen to the current Duttons Road site if this is to be sold? Supermarket, car park? at present the site can only be used for employment purposes...i.e. no residential development can take place.
Please sign this petition if you beleive the Council Offices should stay in Romsey.
Updates
May 23, 2012
The Council is still ignoring us and acting like this relocation is inevitable. Do not let them think we are going to roll over while they throw away our local jobs and waste our tax money on refurbishing a new building.
May 23, 2012
The Council is finally feeling the heat because this momentum proves we are not going to let them gut our local services. They thought they could sneak this relocation past us behind closed doors but they were dead wrong.
Reached 100 supporters
May 23, 2012
6 Comments
Another bad move by the council. Jobs go, services go, and we end up with more traffic and a empty building. Stop wasting our money.
How are elderly people supposed to get to Andover? Not everyone has a car or can drive that far just to pay a bill or ask a simple question. Terrible plan.
Not everyone lives in Andover. Keep the office in Romsey where it belongs.
Ridiculous idea. We need those jobs in Romsey and the extra travel is just a waste of time and money for everyone involved. Leave it where it is.
Keep our services local. Making everyone drive all the way to Andover is just ridiculous and completely ignores the people who actually live here.
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The Council finally backed down and scrapped their pathetic plan to shutter the Duttons Road offices. They tried to drag our services to Andover and leave our local staff in the dust but they underestimated how hard we would fight to stop them. We forced them to listen so keep …
July 21, 2012
Final supporters
The proposal to close the Council Offices in Duttons Road is currently in consultation. The Proposal summarised as: The creation of a new Customer Services presence at the former Magistrates Court with the relocation of 60+ staff from Romsey to Andover. The concerns are: - The loss of 60+ jobs in Romsey when unemployment is so high. - The people from Southern Test Valley want to keep their Public Services Local, you shouldn’t have to make an appointment every time you want to speak to someone at the Council. -There is no public transport to travel the 18 miles from Romsey to Andover for customers to come and speak to certain Council Officers. -Is it really good use of tax payers money to buy another old building that will need refurbishing and have to find another venue for committee meetings? -There is room to rent out parts of the Duttons Road Offices to other groups (CAB, Test Valley Community Services, and Hampshire County Council) -Where will customers park when visiting the customer service unit in the former Magistrates Court? -The Council's own green travel policy would not be followed or promoted as all of the extra travelling needed by Romsey staff to get to Andover would increase the workforce's carbon footprint. - What will happen to the current Duttons Road site if this is to be sold? Supermarket, car park? at present the site can only be used for employment purposes...i.e. no residential development can take place.
Please sign this petition if you beleive the Council Offices should stay in Romsey.
Updates
May 23, 2012
The Council is still ignoring us and acting like this relocation is inevitable. Do not let them think we are going to roll over while they throw away our local jobs and waste our tax money on refurbishing a new building.
May 23, 2012
The Council is finally feeling the heat because this momentum proves we are not going to let them gut our local services. They thought they could sneak this relocation past us behind closed doors but they were dead wrong.
Reached 100 supporters
May 23, 2012
6 Comments
THEY DONT THINK ABOUT THE TAXPAYERS AT ALL. FIX THE BUILDING WE HAVE INSTEAD OF WASTING CASH ON ANOTHER OLD ONE.
Another bad move by the council. Jobs go, services go, and we end up with more traffic and a empty building. Stop wasting our money.
How are elderly people supposed to get to Andover? Not everyone has a car or can drive that far just to pay a bill or ask a simple question. Terrible plan.
Not everyone lives in Andover. Keep the office in Romsey where it belongs.
Ridiculous idea. We need those jobs in Romsey and the extra travel is just a waste of time and money for everyone involved. Leave it where it is.
Keep our services local. Making everyone drive all the way to Andover is just ridiculous and completely ignores the people who actually live here.
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THEY DONT THINK ABOUT THE TAXPAYERS AT ALL. FIX THE BUILDING WE HAVE INSTEAD OF WASTING CASH ON ANOTHER OLD ONE.