Coronation Avenue - Road Closure

Please be aware from 12th January 2015 for a period of up to a month the section of Coronation Avenue from the junction with Chestnut Grove up to Sladebrook Avenue will be closed for essential work by Wessex Water.

The road will not be closed off for the whole period and notices will be in place to confirm exact closure times and dates, but alternative routes may be required during this work.

Full details of the notice can be found on the BANES website here.

If you have any questions, please do contact us.

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Sarah Moore

Oldfield Park Railway Station

Storm drain before clearance

Councillor Sharon Ball and I met with representatives from Network Rail recently to discuss a number of issues along the area of track that runs from the bridge at Brougham Hayes through to Twerton.

Following our meeting we are pleased to see the storm drain that comes out  to the West of Oldfield Park Railway Station has been cleared of the large amount of rubbish that has been thrown over the fence.

Rubbish now removed

The hedge that has been overhanging the pathway on this stretch of the railway for a number of weeks has been cleared back to make the area brighter and cleaner.

We have also discussed having the fencing around this area raised to help prevent people being able to throw the rubbish over and blocking this drain.  We are awaiting confirmation of a date for when this can be carried out.

We will confirm as soon as we have progress on the other works we have requested.

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Sarah Moore

Gas Tower removal

View from Coronation Avenue

The view from around the city is now changing, two cranes have been seen on site in Westmoreland assisting with the demolition of the last remaining gas tower.

This will then make space for the continuation of the regeneration in the area.

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Sarah Moore

Marks & Spencer come to Weston Lock

After getting the go ahead for Lidl on the former Herman Miller site one of the worst kept secrets in the area is out and that is Marks & Spencer are to take up residence at Weston Lock on the Lower Bristol Road.

A new planning application has been submitted for Marks & Spencer Just food to occupy half of the site currently occupied by Curry's and PC World.

This exciting project means there will be greater choice for local residents on their shopping needs.

Marks and Spencer tell us that they will be employing local staff and that there would be about 65 new jobs created.

Walk around with Curo

I had a good walk around the Lansdown view estate today with with officers from Curo looking at matters of concern in the area.

In Shophouse Road we were dealing with the issue of a gate that a resident wanted to install and in King Georges Road we looked at the grass area that residents have wanted Removed at Lansdown View.

We also reported the light under 57  as not working.

Thanks again to Zac and Phil from Curo.

Triangle North - resurfacing update

Although the road along Triangle North and Stanley Road West has been resurfaced, the parking restriction lines and disabled parking bays are still not repainted.

A number of residents have raised concern over the lack of the lines and have asked why they have not been re-instated.

We have been told that the surface treatment needs a certain amount of curing time before any lining is replaced otherwise the newly painted lines would peel off.

We have been assured by the Highways Team that, weather permitting, both Triangle North and Stanley Road West should be completed within the next week.

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Sarah Moore

Lymore Gardens Play area

Following a number of communications with the Council's Parks team, we are pleased to see work is well under way to enhance the equipment at the small play area at Lymore Gardens.

Cllr Sharon Ball & Sarah Moore at play park

The old multi-activity equipment has been removed and a nice new piece is currently being put in place.

This work is being carried out as part of a BANES wide Liberal Democrat Administration commitment to updating a large number of play areas as well as a campaign I started over 18 months ago to get this small play park cleaned up for use by the small children in this area.

by Sarah Moore