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Still awaiting answers from Cabinet Mtg.

Posted on November 23, 2024 by ecwlarcombe

RBWM CABINET – Wednesday 30 October 2024

(Extract from the Meeting Minutes)

Councillor Larcombe, Datchet, Horton & Wraysbury, wished to highlight some past and future flood related matters to the Cabinet that did not necessarily require an answer immediately.
He provided a brief history on this matter to the Cabinet and questioned the idea of partnership funding. He then left them with four questions to take away.

  1. The first was who was accountable for the £15 million of wasted [RTS channel one] development money?
  2. Second was if the RBWM Datchet to Hythe End flood improvement measures partnership funding contribution correctly accounted for?
  3. His third question was who would next be accountable for this £100 million [RTS channels 2/3 etc] of wasted public money?
  4. His final question was whether or not the Jubilee river footbridge replacement programme funding [£2m?] accounted for and approved in terms of magnitude and time.

The Chair said that Councillor Coe would reply to him offline.

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DATCHET

The name "Datchet" is thought to be Celtic in origin, and the last part may be related to cet ("wood"). In the Domesday Book it is called "Daceta".lla. Datchet is first mentioned between 990 and 994, when King Ethelred made small grants of land here.

HORTON

The village name "Horton" is a common one in England. It is Old English in origin and derives from the two words horu 'dirt' and tūn 'settlement, farm, estate', presumably meaning 'farm on muddy soil'.In the Domesday Book of 1086 it was recorded as Hortune.

WRAYSBURY

The village name was traditionally spelt Wyrardisbury; it is Anglo Saxon in origin and means 'Wïgrǣd's fort'. Its name is recorded in the Domesday Book of 1086 as Wirecesberie and as Wiredesbur in 1195. The name is seen again as Wyrardesbury in 1422.

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