Newsletter from the Mains Estate Residents’ Association (MERA)

                                 COVID-19 Hotspot in the Mains Estate

MERA would like to highlight that COVID-19 prevalence is currently rising in East Dunbartonshire and that the Mains Estate is one of the hotspots.  The incidence of COVID-19 within Clober and the Mains Estate is currently around 230 cases per 100,000 (Source: Public Health Scotland, https://public.tableau.com/app/profile/phs.covid.19/viz/COVID-19DailyDashboard_15960160643010/Overview).  The PCR positive test rate in East Dunbartonshire is 4% which is close to the WHO threshold of 5%.

Link to the COVID-19 incident map www.mera-milngavie.co.uk/docs/COVIDmap210607.pdf

Link to the latest PSUC newsletter www.mera-milngavie.co.uk/docs/PSUC-COVID-19-June2021.pdf

Thank you.

Ways to keep in contact with MERA

By email secretary@mera-milngavie.co.uk 

On Facebook at MERA Milngavie.

On Twitter @MeraMilngavie.

Help save the Mains Estate 'Historic Environment' - Deadline 31 May 2021

The historic environment of the Mains Estate helps to make it a special place to live and it is an important part of our local heritage.  Sadly, the historic protection is under threat of removal.  Please respond to the Council's consultation by 31st May 2021 and we can help save our historic environment together.

Full details - http://www.mera-milngavie.co.uk/docs/Newsletter-210525.pdf

A template representation form for you to complete in your own words, can be downloaded  - http://www.mera-milngavie.co.uk/docs/RepresentationForm.docx

Thanks, MERA Committee

Newsletter from the Mains Estate Residents’ Association (MERA) – 10^th May 2021

COVID-19 - Some areas of East Dunbartonshire are showing a particular cause for concern

East Dunbartonshire Health and Social Care Partnership (HSCP) advises that East Dunbartonshire has the second highest incidence of COVID-19 in Scotland, with some areas showing a particular cause for concern mera-milngavie.co.uk/docs/PSUCCOVID-19InfoMay2021.pdf

We are advised to remain vigilant within Milngavie and Bearsden and follow the FACTS guidance though: social distancing, good hand and respiratory hygiene, using appropriate face coverings and by adhering to current protection Level 3 guidance https://www.gov.scot/publications/coronavirus-covid-19-protection-levels/pages/protection-level-3/

Ways to keep in contact with MERA

By email secretary@mera-milngavie.co.uk
On Facebook at MERA Milngavie.
On Twitter @MeraMilngavie.

 

 Newsletter from the Mains Estate Residents’ Association (MERA) – 13^th Jan 2021

SAVE OUR GREENBELT – BACK THE COUNCIL PLAN

REMINDER - deadline Friday 15^th January 2021 at 5pm

This is a reminder that the deadline for the Council's consultation on the Local Development Plan 2 (LDP2) is this Friday 15th January 2021 at 5pm.  

If you love our green surroundings and you have not yet had an opportunity to respond, then we strongly recommend that you use the key points detailed in our full newsletter available at 

http://mera-milngavie.co.uk/docs/Newsletter201206.pdf  

The Council’s Representation Form is available at
http://mera-milngavie.co.uk/docs/RepresentationForm.docx

We have made a short explanatory video, available on Facebook and Twitter 
https://www.facebook.com/MERAMilngavie/posts/2881548372076310

Coverage of the consultation can also be found in the Bearsden and Milngavie Herald
https://www.milngavieherald.co.uk/news/environment/builders-eye-greenbelt-sites-milngavie-and-bearsden-3057962

Thank you and thank you to the manyhundreds that have already responded

The MERA Committee

Ways to keep in contact with MERA
By email secretary@mera-milngavie.co.uk
On Facebook at MERA Milngavie.
On Twitter @MeraMilngavie.