I am pleased to report that two street signs have been fixed at my urging. One was at an angle, the other was obscured by an overgrown hedge. It is important to maintain visibility of street signs in order for visitors, deliveries and emergency services to find places in our area. If you know of any other street signs in our area that need attention please let me know.
After contact from residents I have reported overgrown vegetation at Neven Place (Earls Park) to Matthew Homes. It is preventing the footpaths in the park area being used. Until the two parks in the estate are made up to adoptable standard, and can then be adopted by the city council, Matthew Homes remain responsible for their upkeep.
Please contact me if you know of any overgrown vegetation in our area:
In recent days I have reported the following issues for follow-up by the city or county council:
Bike with missing wheels, chained to lamppost at end of Masefield Avenue/Podsmead Road
Re-reported pothole and broken road sign on A38/Bristol Road – these had been forgotten about due to an administrative error, after my reports earlier this year
Potholes outside McDonald’s
Trees in Chaucer Close for inspection by Gloucester City Homes
If I can help with issues large or small please contact me:
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Along with the big issues we are dealing with as councillors, such as the closure of GL1 and Oxstalls, the Tuffley Avenue traffic calming scheme and its effects, and the recent closure of The Club at Tuffley Park, there is always a flow of smaller but no less important issues.
Many cases cannot be publicised on social media as they involve constituents’ personal details.
Some things I have been dealing with in recent weeks that are of a more general nature include:
Footbridge over Podsmead Road joining Podmsead to Tuffley – asked for this to be swept for leaves 🍂
Red plastic barriers 🚧 in Oakland’s Park – removed at my request ✅
Streetlights 💡 in a Podsmead street – working to get these reactivated 📧
Weeds in several streets – reported to the council AGAIN 🤞🏻
Street sign 🪧- reported ✅
Pothole – filled ✅
You can let me know any issues in Podsmead you need my help with via my contact page here:
Gloucester was stunned to learn of the sudden liquidation of the Aspire Leisure Trust which ran GL1 and Oxstalls leisure centres. Some 150 jobs have been lost and the centres have been closed immediately, with rumours that they won’t be reopened for at least a year until a new contractor is found to run the services. Many families relied on the centres for exercise, recreation or income.
Liberal Democrats on Gloucester City Council have been opposed to outsourcing of services by the Conservative administration and this shows why. We have been asking questions at council meetings and asking to see the figures. This failure shows the lack of accountability that often comes with outsourcing.
A great city like Gloucester needs its leisure and sport facilities. Liberal Democrats will be pushing for the services to be reopened as soon as possible, and run in-house by the council if necessary.
Please contact me if you are affected by the closures.
After speaking to residents about the plans for Blackbridge, I wrote to Rappor consultancy to ask about the proposed traffic restrictions.
Here is their response, which may be of interest to readers:
I attach for ease of reference the drawing indicating the parking restrictions along Laburnum Road and additional residential parking spaces (10 spaces) to mitigate the loss of on street resident parking as a result of the parking restrictions adjacent to the proposed access to the Community Sports Hub. You are correct in that parking restrictions are proposed at the junctions, bends and turning head at the end of Laburnum Road. Parking in these areas was raised as an issue by local residents during our public consultation and also the parking restrictions were requested by GCC to ensure that these areas were kept clear to ensure safe and suitable access. You will note that the parking restrictions are only proposed in areas where in appropriate parking currently occurs i.e. on junctions, bends and the turning head. Parking on the existing footway to the rear of the even house numbers along Laburnum Road (Western side) although not ideal is a historic situation and will remain unchanged by the proposed parking restrictions. Parking on the eastern side of Laburnum Road will also remain available with the exception of the short length adjacent to the access where resident parking bays have been proposed to mitigation the loss of on street parking.
Residents should feel free to contact me with any questions or comments about this or any other aspect of the Blackbridge scheme.
The traffic calming scheme on Tuffley Avenue has been running for a couple of weeks now. Whilst this scheme has been implemented by the Conservative-run county council, I have tried to have input into the process. I have already heard from many residents about various issues and complaints.
I welcome feedback good or bad on this scheme.
Please email me on Sebastian.Field@Gloucester.gov.uk and I will feed back comments to the local Highways manager.
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I have reported this overflowing dog waste bin, at the entrance to Blackbridge field, to the city council for emptying.
Blackbridge is used by dog walkers, and will still be available for this even once the Hub is open. The difference will be that Blackbridge Charitable Community Benefit Society can maintain the site more effectively, including emptying bins.