A veteran councillor who represented his ward in West Windsor for 12 years has died.
John Fido, who was 83 and lived in Testwood Road, served an an Independent on the Royal Borough between 2004 and 2012. He made the news when he successfully fought plans not to replace the mini-roundabout at the dangerous junction of Maidenhead Road and Mill Lane in his ward - it had been removed to ease the way for Olympic traffic in 2012 and he made sure it went back. But he was an active member of the community for many years before that, co-founding the New Windsor Community Association which built the hall in Hanover Way.
. During a virtual exhibition on December 8 (Tuesday), Canada Life revealed plans to redevelop the Boots store on 17/18 Peascod Street. The major development will be behind Boots – which will be replaced with a slightly smaller store – on Mellor Walk by Bachelors Acre where the main frontage of the hotel will be based. A restaurant, bar, and back of house facilities have also been proposed. The developers said the Boots store is “substantially over-sized” in the changing retail market where a hotel would boost Windsor’s tourism, as well as businesses on Peascod Street and the wider centre. With Covid-19 battering the hospitality sector, Duncan Mathieson, the scheme’s development consultant, said they are “very confident” the hotel will be sustainable in a post-Covid world.