Will Thames Water stand up and be counted for Waverley’s November week of misery?
Cllr Paul Follows – Godalming Central and Ockford
FOLLOWING UP WITH THAMES WATER AND WHAT NEXT?
PUBLIC MEETING HOSTED BY WBC DEC 8th
A message from Paul Follows, Leader of Waverley Borough Council.
It has been a few days since the last of the main outages in Waverley (though there are still some knock-on effects for some individual residents even now).
This note is to give advance warning of a public meeting WBC will host on **Friday, December 8th 2023** in the early evening. Details are just being formalised now.
We will also:
We will invite representatives from Thames Water, Surrey County Council, and other relevant bodies. I will also invite our MP. We will also ask local schools, doctors’ surgeries, and other institutions if they would like to send anyone. The Mayor of Waverley will chair the meeting, and I will also be on the panel as the leader of the borough.
Once we hit the maximum in the chamber in person, provide the ability for anyone to attend on Zoom (we will essentially free-ticket the event to manage this).Residents can register to speak and ask the panel questions.
We will provide a webpage and link for anyone to provide any written testimony / their views on what happened.
The session will also discuss further potential actions and how we can hold those responsible for managing water infrastructure and water incidents accountable and ensure that lessons are learned for future outages.I’ll post more on this once the details are confirmed (they are subject to change), but I think it’s best to give residents as much notice as possible.
Please do let me know if you have any questions.
Cllr Paul Follows
Leader, Waverley BC and Godalming TC
Without WW I would have not known about this – is Follows going to write to us all about it or just leave it hidden on his anti-social media?
Julian. It was widely publicised on local social media on the 17th. I think the problem is with you.
Delighted that Waverley is hosting the meeting. I had thought after reading Paul Follow’s piece stating it was Surrey CC who should get involved that he would wash his hands of the problem ( if he could get the water!). Well done Jeremy Hunt for his questioning and getting letters from Thames Water acting CEO.
Mr Moo, do you think Jeremy Hunt will attend this meeting?