Perth Fm News - 9th of March 2010

City Hall - Have your say

People who have not yet participated in the public consultation on the future of Perth City Hall are being urged to take part as the process enters its last few days. The four-week consultation, during which Perth & Kinross Council has been seeking a wide range of views on potential uses for the building, ends next Monday. Five options for the future of the building are being explored through the consultation, to help the Council these include to re-use City Hall for another purpose, to completely demolish City Hall to create a large new public space or to do nothing and leave the city hall as it is. Surveys have been distributed to city centre businesses and residents of the St John's area for their comments, and the 1,300 residents on the Council's Viewfinder panel have also received questionnaires.
To have your say an online survey is available to fill in on the Council website at www.pkc.gov.uk/perthcityhall

Scheme on A9 began yesterday

A £3million scheme to make the A9 safer at Auchertarder began yesterday. As well as improving safety and access to the dual carriageway for motorists joining the raod from the town at the Loaninghead junction, the scheme will also bring employment and open up housing opportunities.The project will also serve the proposed new housing development and the anticipated increase of traffic it will bring.The Loaninghead scheme will allow provision for the building of up to 500 houses

Mobile pitch launched at McDiarmid Park in new partnership

A new sporting team up involving St Johnstone football club and Perth and Kinross community safety partnership was launched at McDiarmid park yesterday.Funded by the council and under the banner of Street Sports for all it will see the St Johnstone coaches take a mobile sports pitch to different locations throughout Perth and Kinross. It will be targeted at areas where there are concerns about young people becoming involved in offending or anti social behaviour.It has been tried out in communities in Perth and Kinross and it has been found to play a diversionary role in reducing offending and alcohol consumption by young people.