More than 100 people came to Crawley’s Fourth State of the Borough debate on Tuesday January 26.
The debate, which was held in The Studio at The Hawth, began with a short presentation by Councillor Bob Lanzer, Leader of Crawley Borough Council, on the council’s priorities, the key issues facing the town, what is being done to address them and the progress made to date.
Councillor Lanzer was joined by a panel of councillors and representatives from the PCT and police.
Audience members asked many questions and raised many views with the panel, including:
• The protection of trees
• Violent extremism
• Youth employment opportunities
• A new hospital
• Future development of the town centre
• Building on green spaces
• Connexions
• Controlled Parking Zones and Civil Parking Enforcement
• Parking on grass verges.
The views and comments expressed will help the council to plan its work on improving its services and the town in general.
Councillor Lanzer said: “These debates are a great opportunity for politicians to hear what residents and business people think of the town and help inform our decision making.
“This debate was the best yet and it has given us another opportunity to find out what audience members think is important when it comes to council services, as well as those of the Sussex Police and NHS Sussex. I’d like to thank everyone who came along.”
Shelley from Crawley Happy Times was present and asked Bob Lanzer what he felt was the greatest achievment of the past year. Bob told Shelley “on behalf of the community of Crawley, I feel the award for ‘Crawley in Bloom’ was the greatest achievement. It was a true team effort by the people of Crawley, and showed in the results”.
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