At Tuesday's meeting, the following priorities were chosen:
1. New speedgun for the Westerleigh speedwatch team.
2. Anti-social behaviour Manor School, Coalpit Heath and Beesmoor Playing Field.
3. Speeding on Perrinpit Road and around schools in the locality.
The next meeting will be at 7.30pm on Wednesday 1st April in Westerleigh Village Hall.
Friday, 9 January 2009
Wick Wick P&R plans thrown out
Plans to build a "multi-modal interchange (MMI)", more commonly known as a Park and Ride, off the heavily congested Wick Wick roundabout were thrown out by the planning committee yesterday.
The application lies just outside Westerleigh Parish and the Council failed to consult either Westerleigh Parish Council or local South Glos Councillor Claire Young, despite the major impact it could have on residents of Coalpit Heath and Kendleshire. Fortunately your local Focus Team spotted it was coming to the committee and Claire Young was able to attend the meeting to speak on behalf of local people.
While we clearly need Park and Rides to tackle congestion, they need to be near the residential areas to stop the traffic reaching the congestion hotspots, not at the hotspots themselves. The Wick Wick roundabout is already operating at full capacity and a Park and Ride here would encourage more people to drive down the A432 Badminton Road through Coalpit Heath and Kendleshire, rather than taking other routes from the Yate area into Bristol. It would be far better if people switched from cars to buses at Nibley and if residents of the new Emerson's Green East development used a Park and Ride within the development.
There is no agreement with bus operators to run services to the site and the existing ones are unreliable. The X42 is often full at peak hours before it even reaches Coalpit Heath, let alone Wick Wick. Given the difficulty of entering and exiting the site, it would add considerably to the journey time on what is supposed to be an express service. The 342 suffers serious delays due to picking up numerous people as it travels through town.
Questions were also raised over the safety of the roundabout if a 5th exit was added and new traffic lights installed a short distance to the west along the A4174.
The application lies just outside Westerleigh Parish and the Council failed to consult either Westerleigh Parish Council or local South Glos Councillor Claire Young, despite the major impact it could have on residents of Coalpit Heath and Kendleshire. Fortunately your local Focus Team spotted it was coming to the committee and Claire Young was able to attend the meeting to speak on behalf of local people.
While we clearly need Park and Rides to tackle congestion, they need to be near the residential areas to stop the traffic reaching the congestion hotspots, not at the hotspots themselves. The Wick Wick roundabout is already operating at full capacity and a Park and Ride here would encourage more people to drive down the A432 Badminton Road through Coalpit Heath and Kendleshire, rather than taking other routes from the Yate area into Bristol. It would be far better if people switched from cars to buses at Nibley and if residents of the new Emerson's Green East development used a Park and Ride within the development.
There is no agreement with bus operators to run services to the site and the existing ones are unreliable. The X42 is often full at peak hours before it even reaches Coalpit Heath, let alone Wick Wick. Given the difficulty of entering and exiting the site, it would add considerably to the journey time on what is supposed to be an express service. The 342 suffers serious delays due to picking up numerous people as it travels through town.
Questions were also raised over the safety of the roundabout if a 5th exit was added and new traffic lights installed a short distance to the west along the A4174.
Tuesday, 6 January 2009
Composting site plans - delayed yet again
Plans to build a composting site near Tormarton will not now be considered by the DC (East) planning committee until March 5th at the earliest. You have until 26th January to comment on the latest documents submitted by SITA.
Monday, 5 January 2009
Next Safer Stronger Community Group meeting on Tuesday
The latest Safer Stronger Community Group meeting is tomorrow night, Tuesday 6th January, at 7.30pm in the Manor School. More information on the police website.
Saturday, 3 January 2009
Christmas tree recycling
Wondering what to do with your real Christmas tree once you take the decorations down? Here's the advice from South Glos:
Providing they are not too large, then Christmas trees may be chopped up and put into your green bin. Branches or the trunk should not be more than 4 inches in diameter. Please make sure that you remove all decorations and that the bin lid closes. If your tree is too big for your green bin then it can be taken to your nearest SORT IT!* Centre where it will be separated out for composting.
Recycle your Christmas cards into trees!
Christmas cards can't go in your green box but you can recycle them in aid of the Woodland Trust at a number of stores. Tesco in Yate and Sainsbury's at Emerson's Green both have collection boxes. Other stores collecting are WH Smith, TK Maxx and Marks & Spencer. You can read more about the Woodland Trust on their website.
While you're recycling cards, you might also want to take the stamps from the envelopes into local charity shops.
While you're recycling cards, you might also want to take the stamps from the envelopes into local charity shops.
Friday, 2 January 2009
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