W&ECC held their AGM last night in the Holiday Inn. Paul Gray and Matt Davis from Aberdeenshire Council’s Waste team gave a presentation on the new kerbside recycling service. The roll-out is going well. An advantage of the new system is that the same crew will be servicing the same area each week and most households should get their waste collected on the same day of the week. Because all the vehicles will be of the same type, breakdowns etc should not result in loss of service as any vehicle can now cover any area. Chairman, Mervyn Barr, gave a flavour of the community projects and issues the Community Council have been involved in over the past year. He congratulated longstanding member, Bill Louden, on his stalwart service over many years with the annual hanging baskets in the town being one of Bill’s pet projects. The group are now looking for a new green-fingered volunteer. Please get in touch with the CC if you can help out. The monthly meeting followed the AGM. The subject which generated most discussion was the 8 week road closure on Westhill Drive (mentioned in my previous post). Parents were concerned about road safety for children attending Westhill Primary and also about the suitability of buses using Kinmundy for re-routing. Residents voiced their concerns about parents parking dangerously near the school and asked if the Head Teacher could influence parent behaviour. Head of Roads at Aberdeenshire Council are aware of some of the issues and are working with Stagecoach and others which we would hope to include Education and Police Scotland.  I will update when I get a response from them.