Super council roadshows planned (From Wiltshire Times)

Super council roadshows planned

8:03am Monday 1st September 2008

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WILTSHIRE'S super council, due to come into being next April, is taking to the road to get local people involved in its future.

Wiltshire Council will come into effect in April 2009, when the county's five councils merge.

The move was approved by the Government last year.

Local people are being asked to help shape the new council and four roadshows have been planned so visitors can come up with what the council will mean to them.

A spa day prize is up for grabs, but views could also help shape the way the new council is presented to the public.

County council leader and chair of the implementation excecutive, Cllr Jane Scott, said: "We didn't think it was right to spend council tax payers' money employing a costly ad agency. Instead we want to ask local people about how they would like to see their new council and what they think are the important issues."

The roadshows will be operating between 10am and 2pm.

• Salisbury Market Place - Tuesday September 2
• Trowbridge Fore Street - Wednesday September 3
• Devizes Market Place - Thursday September 4
• Chippenham Town Bridge - Friday September 5
  
  

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