Victoria Bridge and Destructor Bridge exhibition

A touring exhibition celebrating the history of bridge design is being hosted at the Bath Royal Literary and Scientific Institiution in Queens Square, Bath from January 6^th to January 15^th. The exhibition is open from Monday to Saturday from 10am – 4pm.

The exhibition includes information about the recently completed works on Victoria Bridge and the planned restoration of the Destructor Bridge.  There is also an interactive exhibition including information about local and national bridges which encourages visitors to build their own model bridges using a variety of engineering structures.

There are three build-your-own bridge kits designed and produced by Bristol-based model makers Amalgam, that demonstrate how the components of arch, truss and cable structures can be assembled to produce six different bridge designs.   In addition, the family activity area will encourage young and old to design their own bridge in a Top Trump style for entry into a competition to find the potential bridge builders of the future.   The final set of Top Trump images will be exhibited during April with a chance to vote on your favourites.  

Free Family Fun Day

There will also be a free family fun day on Saturday 17^th January, where engineering students and experts will help visitors to build bridge models to take home.
 

Western Riverside - Road Signs

Working with Crest Nicholson we are close to being able to resolve the problem of signage where people are unable to find their way around.

Although the carved stone name plates for the roads look very nice residents have been telling us that they are not very practicable with delivery drivers and Taxi cabs not being able to find there way around.

Cllr Sharon Ball has been able to persuade Crest to look into highlighting the carved stones which would allow the road names to be very much clearer .

A recent communication from Crest tells us that a solution to the problem has been found and we will be seeing this with Crest in the next few weeks.

Cllr Sharon Ball and Campaigner Sarah Moore at Western Riverside

Roseberry Place - Proposed Development

Deeley Freed (Penhalt) Ltd invite your input to emerging plans for re-development of the Roseberry Place regeneration site which adjoins Lower Bristol Road and Windsor Bridge Road, about 1km to the west of Bath city centre.

This brownfield, riverside site includes the former Dairy Crest Depot and Wessex Connect workshops, both of which have been unused for many years. Roseberry Place is located within the Bath City Riverside Enterprise Area and has been identified for regeneration in the adopted Core Strategy for Bath & North East Somerset Council.

The existing buildings would be demolished to make way for a new mixed-use development of up to 200 flats, 6,000 sq.m of flexible business employment space and 1,000sq.m of local needs shopping, together with construction of new access roads, a riverside walkway/cycle path, landscaping and tree planting.

Following initial discussions with B&NES Council the project team would now like to consult with key stakeholders and neighbours as the scheme is progressed prior to submitting an outline planning application later in 2015. Final details of the appearance, landscaping layout and scale would be submitted as reserved matters applications at a later date.

They invite you to attend the consultation event on:

Wednesday 14th January from 2 – 3.30pm
The Freedom Bath Building, 25-28 Roseberry Road, Bath, BA2 3DX

Key stakeholders are invited to attend a presentation/discussion session from 2 – 3.30pm, following which an exhibition of the proposals will be open to near neighbours and the general public as a drop-in style event from 4pm-7pm.

To assist with arrangements on the day you are requested to complete and return a form, a copy of which we would be happy to forward onto you if you contact us.

If you would like any further information or clarification on any aspect of the proposals please do not hesitate to contact Avril Baker Consultancy, 5 Lilymead Avenue, Bristol BS4 2BY.

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.

by
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.

by
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.

by
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.