Newton Longville Parish Council

EAST WEST RAIL CONSULTATION

We are still working through the detail in the East West Rail consultation booklet and other documentation, but figured that it might be useful to highlight the dates, times and venues for the local, face-to-face consultation sessions.

There is to be one face-to-face consultation session in the village:

• Fri 15 May from 2 to 7pm @ Longueville Hall, Hammond Park, Whaddon Road, Newton Longville, MK17 0AT

In addition, nearby there will be:

• Sat 25 April from 12 to 5pm @ Summerlin Community Centre, 138 Station Road, Woburn Sands, MK17 8SG
• Wed 29 April from 2 to 7pm @ Bletchley Masonic Centre, 263 Queensway, Fenny Stratford, Bletchley, MK2 2BZ
• Mon 18 May from 11am to 6pm @ Venture Conferencing, Christian Centre, Strudwick Drive, Oldbrook, Milton Keynes, MK6 2TG

(We have pointed out to EWR that closing the midweek face-to-face sessions at the early times of 6 or 7pm will exclude residents who have, for example, family and/or work commitments which would prevent them from being able to get to the venue in time. Their response was "This reflects our experience from previous consultations, which shows that attendance drops significantly after this time, with limited additional engagement later in the evening", but in a earlier call we got the impression that a factor was the availability of their own staff).

https://eastwestrail.co.uk/consultation/consultation2026