Fleur de Rhé-Philipe

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Fleur de Rhé-Philipe (born 1946) is a Conservative politician in the United Kingdom.

She is the member of Wiltshire County Council representing the Westbury Laverton division and is the Cabinet member for Environment, Transport & Economic Development.[1]

In March 2004, she formally opened what was claimed to be the first navigable aqueduct built in the South West of England for some two hundred years, carrying the Kennet and Avon Canal over the the A350 at Semington, part of the village's new bypass scheme, with de Rhe Philipe commenting:[2]

“ It really is an incredible feat of engineering. We have used the very latest technology and the most up-to-date construction methods to build a structure for an historic method of transport. ”

In May 2004, at Shalbourne near Marlborough, she led conservationists in a mass planting of Horseshoe Vetch, designed to attract the Chalkhill Blue butterfly to the North Wessex Downs Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty.[3]

In February 2008, in stating her support for the Westbury Bypass road scheme, she said:[4]

“ No road helps the countryside, but I know that piece of countryside very well, having fallen off my horse on nearly every inch of it. It's in a valley and won't be seen much or heard much. There are already measures to mitigate any damage the bypass may cause and a lot of the money has been spent to ensure this. ”

She is Chairman of SWERCOTS Ltd, a company delivering a regional local government project called Consumer Direct South West. From 1992 to 2004 she was the Administrator of the Kennet and Avon Canal Trust.[5]

Fleur de Rhé-Philipe is the daughter of the late Major-General Arthur Terence de Rhé-Philipe, CB, OBE.

[edit] References

  1. ^ Miss Fleur de Rhe-Philipe at wiltshire.gov.uk
  2. ^ Aqueduct opens for canal traffic at news.bbc.co.uk, dated 3 March 2004
  3. ^ Bid to boost butterfly numbers at swindonadvertiser.co.uk dated 20 May 2004
  4. ^ Bypass Inquiry Postponed at wiltshiretimes.co.uk
  5. ^ Battle to save canal amenity at swindonadvertiser.co.uk dated 21 June 2002