Westerleigh Parish Council meeting re-scheduled

The Westerleigh Parish Council meeting that was due to be held on Monday 12th September was cancelled. Instead the Finance and GP Committee meeting that was due to be held on Monday 19th September has been replaced by a Full Council meeting, preceded by a Planning Committee meeting at 7pm. More information about meetings can be found on the Westerleigh Parish Council website.

Street light switch off - Dodington Parish

As we previously reported, during 2013 South Glos Council will be extending its ‘part-night’ lighting scheme throughout South Gloucestershire. During July 2013 streetlights in Dodington Parish are programmed to be converted to switch off during the early hours of the morning.

You can view the detailed plans and associated information online. Print copies will also be available to view in Yate One Stop Shop and Yate library. You can also find out more online about part night lighting more generally, including the criteria for which lights are left on. If you have concerns that some of the criteria have not been applied correctly, you have until 12th June to make comments.

New Emersons Green Town Council plans

Plans to create a new Emersons Green Town Council are now undergoing a second round of detailed consultation. As part of the proposals, 17 business properties to the south of the M4 which are currently in Westerleigh Parish would become part of the new Town Council area. No homes would change parish. A small area of land to the north of the M4 that is currently in Mangotsfield Parish would move to Westerleigh Parish.

You can find out more and make your comments online until 12th April 2013. You can also view the plans at Emersons Green Library. There will be drop in sessions at the library on the following dates for any residents who would like to ask questions:

• Tuesday 12 March 2013 between 5pm and 7pm
• Friday 15 March 2013 between 10am and 12noon
• Saturday 16 March 2013 between 10am and 12noon

Street light switch-off roll-out

As we reported in October, South Glos will be rolling out the part-night lighting scheme, where some street lights are switched off in the early hours, across the area.  Part-night lighting has been running successfully in a number of Parishes, including Frampton Cotterell and Charfield, and is now due to be implemented in Westerleigh, Iron Acton, Rangeworthy, Cromhall and Failfield Parishes in the Ladden-Frome area in  March. You can find out more at www.southglos.gov.uk/partnightlighting and follow the link from there to the detailed plans for each Parish. The plans for Westerleigh Parish will also be available in Yate library.

Dodington Parish is due to be done in July and the plans will be available later.

All street lights will be switched to part-night operation except where there are crime or road safety issues. South Glos would like to hear from you if you think there are any specific lights that should be left on for these reasons but which are marked in the plans to be switched off. The deadline for comments is 25th February.

Roadworks - Westerleigh and the Folly pub

Today (19th October) there will be temporary traffic lights outside The Cottage, Westerleigh, to enable work on the water supply.

Tomorrow (20th October) there will be traffic lights outside The Folly on Westerleigh Road for "sign face work" to be carried out.

Kidney Hill roadworks

On Thursday 15th and Friday 16th October, there will be temporary three-way traffic lights at the Kidney Hill junction at Westerleigh to allow overhead work on power cables.

Elsewhere, work continues to install new, real-time-information-ready bus stops along the A432 Badminton Road between Yate and Downend.

Don't forget - Cycle City event tomorrow

If you would like to see the plans for the new cycle route linking Mangotsfield to Yate, drop in to the Shire Way Community Centre in Yate between 1.30pm and 7.30pm tomorrow (Tuesday). For more information, see the consultation online.

Traffic lights at Kendleshire crossroads

In the next week there will be four-way temporary traffic lights at Kendleshire crossroads so that kerb buildouts can be created.

Cycling City exhibition - route via Westerleigh

A public exhibition is planned on Tuesday 13th October 2009 between 1.30pm and 7.30pm at Shire Way Community Centre, Yate showing details of the proposed new cycle route between Station Road, Yate and the end of the existing Bristol and Bath Railway Path at Coxgrove Hill.

More information on the proposals can be found online.

Coalsack Lane to close on Wednesday

Coalsack Lane will be closed on 26 August between 9.30am and 2.30pm so that the road can be cleaned and maintenance work carried out on the drainage system. People will still be able to access properties along the road during the works.

Traffic lights at Westerleigh

On Wednesday 8th July there will be traffic lights at the railway bridge on Westerleigh Road at Westerleigh to enable the bridge to be inspected.

FREE launch event for new walks leaflets!

For some time a dedicated band of local walkers and councillors have been working on a series of leaflets based on walks between local churches.

The leaflets will be launched at an open event in Chipping Sodbury Town Hall on Saturday 2nd May from 10 am to 12 noon. There will then be an organised walk from St John's to St Mary's Church in Yate.

Please come drop in, collect your FREE walks leaflets and maybe join us on the inaugural walk!