Local issues in Rochford and Southend East

We're collecting local issues in Rochford and Southend East. Some of these have been turned into questions to put to the candidates standing at the 2010 general election in the form of a questionnaire.

Issues are no longer being turned into questions, but we still want them! A good local issue will be about a problem of local relevance, possibly suggesting how something should have been/be done.

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• The councils in both rochford and southend seem to be singing from the same sheet and are totaly without exception ingnoring very real resident concerns (source) report abuse
• the main issue in rochford at present is the amount of meetings that seen to be taking place over land deal normaly has somthing to do with the airport new ownersa as they can exploit (S106) (source) report abuse
• Here is the web site for the rochford and southend east cllrs "see there profiles" (source) report abuse
• Priory Crescent should be made a dual carriageway (source) report abuse
• The council should subsidise an additional Sunday and evening bus services to St. Lukes ward (source) report abuse
• Southend Airport should be expanded (source) report abuse
• the "Better Southend" projects are a waste of taxpayers' money as they will not ease traffic congestion. (source) report abuse
• Priory Crescent should not be widened (source) report abuse
• the runway at London Southend Airport should not be extended. (source) report abuse
• MPs should engage with the systems of Parliament, such as Early Day Motions, on behalf of their constituents. (source) report abuse
• the Combe Farm development should be stopped report abuse
• It would appear that the planning officers society is becoming to powerful ( haed of planning southend is or was a director) report abuse
• A youtube highliting the destruction of coombes farm green belt please watch and act (source) report abuse
• Road infrastructure E of rochford sq, just adiquate, councils will not use this as reason to turn down plan apps as it could hamper wanted plan apps this show biased from council report abuse
• The council heads seem to be having to many so called secret meeting with land developers (source) report abuse

Local questions for candidate questionnaire

These are the questions that have been made out of the local issues Demoracy Club volunteers have posted. They'll make up the 'local' section of a questionnaire that TheyWorkForYou is developing in conjunction with Demoracy Club. Below the question is the local issue it's derived from.

Do you agree that ... ?

• Priory Crescent should not be widened. (source)
  Based on issue: Priory Crescent should not be widened (source)
• The runway at London Southend Airport should not be extended. (source)
  Based on issue: the runway at London Southend Airport should not be extended. (source)
• Road infrastructure east of Rochford square is inadequate for future developments.
  Based on issue: Road infrastructure E of rochford sq, just adiquate, councils will not use this as reason to turn down plan apps as it could hamper wanted plan apps this show biased from council
• Priory Crescent should be made a dual carriageway. (source)
  Based on issue: Priory Crescent should be made a dual carriageway (source)
• The council should subsidise an additional Sunday and evening bus services to St. Lukes ward. (source)
  Based on issue: The council should subsidise an additional Sunday and evening bus services to St. Lukes ward (source)
• Coombe's green belt should be protected. (source)
  Based on issue: A youtube highliting the destruction of coombes farm green belt please watch and act (source)
• The Combe Farm development should be stopped.
  Based on issue: the Combe Farm development should be stopped