Community self-help

During icy weather the County Council spread salt on major roads only. A Snow Warden scheme was set up to support volunteers salting minor roads. Since 2012 members of the North Bovey Conservation Group have been helping to keep our local roads safe during icy weather by distributing salt in roadside bags and spreading salt in some areas.

Devon County Council now wishes to enlist the help of volunteers in some of the maintenance and remedial work that will not be carried out by the Highways services team, due to financial constraints.

Victor Gough who is managing the Community Road Warden scheme will be visiting North Bovey to explain the current Road Warden scheme and how the County Council plan to support this. He will give us an overview and then take questions. We hope that all interested persons from North Bovey, Lustleigh and Manaton parishes will be able to join us.

The meeting will be in North Bovey Parish Hall at 10:00 on Monday the 23rd January. We hope that you will be able to join us to give your opinion and help consider the pros and cons of becoming involved with the scheme.