Clean up continues

Sharon and Sarah at site before work was done

It was also nice to catch up with James this morning, who said he is really pleased with the work we have been doing to tackle the graffiti and mess around the area and get one of the main routes into Bath look more welcoming.

It was really good to see the panels on the other half of the Lidl site finally being painted yesterday, covering up all the graffiti and making the site look a lot better.

Inverness Road residents

We had a very busy morning yesterday talking to local residents in Inverness Road and are now attempting to resolve some of the issues that were raised with us.

There is concern form some residents about the Linear Way that will soon be opened up via the old railway bridge about how the cyclists and pedestrians will respect the neighbouring houses.

Issues were also raised about graffiti and hedge cutting on the Linear Way and we are attempting to resolve these issues.

A matter of an empty house has been referred to the councils empty property section to resolve.

The matter of the lane from Bellotts Road to Brook Road has again been raised and we have asked for an investigation about having the graffiti removed from the buildings along this path.


By Councillor Sharon Ball

Westmoreland Graffiti Update

The number of complaints received by residents about the grafitti around the area have increased recently and we are keen to get this sorted as soon as possible.

On Friday, Local Beat Manager PC Adrian Secker said: “Graffiti is a problem in the area and it’s something we take very seriously. It’s criminal damage, not art, and costs everyone in the community tens of thousands of pounds a year to clean up. We work closely with our partners at Bath and North East Somerset Council to investigate who is responsible, and we take a very robust approach to bringing them to justice. We have recently made some arrests, a number of people have been bailed and we are awaiting a charging decision from the Crown Prosecution Service. As ever, we rely very much on the public to be our eyes and ears – so my message to everyone is to be a good neighbour and tell the police if you know anyone who is spoiling your community.”

Since this statement was released, we are pleased to confirm that one individual has been formally charged and will appear in court shortly.  Investigations are on-going into the activities of other people and further updates will be provided when they are available.

by
Councillor Sharon Ball

Lower Bristol Road

This morning a group us went out and cleared the rubbish that has been dumped around the Herman Miller Building on the Lower Bristol Road.

We collected 15 bags of rubbish, as well as a travel cot, broken umbrella and discarded recycle bin.

Thank you to those that came out and helped Sharon and I clear up the area, despite the cold weather. 

We have also reported the increasing levels of graffiti around this area to BANES and requested it is cleaned up as soon as possible.

by 
Sarah Moore

Offencive graffitti still a problem

I have asked for the offencive graffiti on the garage at the top of Bellotts Road to be removed as soon as possible.

I am aware that this has been reported before and this is another attempt to get it cleared.







By Cllr Sharon Ball

Former Herman Miller Building

The signs of an empty building is that graffiti starts to appear on the outside of the building

I have asked the Graffiti that has started to appear over the past few weeks is removed as soon as possible as well as some of the rubbish that has been recently deposited at the back and the sides.