COUNCILLORS SIGN “SKERRIES -ITS YOUR TOWN PETITION! “

Councillors from the Balbriggan were recently presented with a petition by The People of Skerries at Fingal County Council Headquarters , and have now pledged their support for the SCA(Skerries Community association) in seeking vital amendments to the County Development Plan

The petition, which was organised by Skerries Community Association (SCA), contains 1000s of signatures from the people of Skerries collected via a door to door campaign through schools and community groups. The People of Skerries have overwhelmingly endorsed the amendments sought by SCA in the Forthcoming County Development Plan and have shown their support for the “Vision of Skerries”

The campaign entitled "It’s your town "asked local people for endorsement of the following critical issues which will affect the future of people of Skerries- both old and young:

	Provision of lands for new primary school ( present schools being full) and a new site for St Michael’s House special national school
	The provision of sufficient zoned lands for the needs of the elderly including sheltered housing , community nursing home, day care centre adequate meals on wheels facilities
	Ballast pits to be zoned for leisure amenities including swimming pool
	No residential development ( as currently proposed on a massive scale ) on the site west of the railway

Cllrs Corr, O Connor , Mckeown and Byrne from the Balbriggan ward were all delighted to sign the petition .Councillor Byrne praised the work of the SCA “ I am pleased to say that we have already achieved 3 of the objectives including , the national school site , funding for leisure and reversal of the housing scheme east of the railway line back to science and technology , We are still have further work to do on lands for Community nursing home “

Cllr May Mckeown Said “ I think the work of the SCA in collecting theses signatures and getting the community involved is s real example of people power at its best “

Councillors have been asked to lobby the proposals with fellow councillors from other wards over the coming weeks with the aim of delivering vital amendments to the County development plan

For anyone who has not yet had the opportunity to sign the petition who wishes to do so - additional forms are still available for signing at the Skerries community centre.