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This electrical box on Cole Avenue had been damaged.

I reported it to the council and although it was not their responsibility they have forwarded it on to the owners. It was righted during the resurfacing of the road.

Seymour Road closure 20th to 28th July

Seymour Road will be closed for the dates above due to urgent drainage works. The closure will be all day and night.

Whilst Seymour Road is not in Podsmead, it does serve the ward via the number 10 bus. The bus will need to be diverted slightly whilst the work is carried out.

There will be no parking on the road at any time during the works.

This information is from the Stagecoach website:

Closure of Seymour Road, Gloucester
20th to 28th July 2020 (24/7)
Service 10 Diversion

Service 10 will need to divert as follows:

Service 10 towards Lower Tuffley
Instead of turning left at Kwik Fit onto Stroud Road, the bus will continue along Bristol Road. When it gets to the traffic lights at Lidl, it will turn left into Tuffley Avenue, where it will rejoin its normal route by continuing along Tuffley Avenue and turning right into Podsmead Road.

Service 10 towards Gloucester City Centre, Barnwood and Cheltenham

The service towards Gloucester City Centre, Barnwood and Cheltenham will serve the same diversion route but in the opposite direction.

Service 10 will serve all of the stops on the diverted route.

For more information on Gloucestershire Highways matters please visit their website.

Selected libraries in Gloucestershire are to reopen for collection services from next week.

12 libraries in Gloucestershire will reopen for collection services from the week beginning 13th July. Other services remain suspended.

You can find full details here.

It was good to meet up with local police officers at the Club at Tuffley Park recently. They were out meeting the community and listening to concerns. More events are planned where we can attend together and I can offer advice on council issues.

At full council in July I asked the cabinet member for Culture and Leisure a question about the Blackbridge athletics track and sports hub development.

The management committee and users of the track would like accessible toilet facilities near to the track when the project is complete. I’m happy to report that the cabinet member agreed with me that this was a very reasonable request. I will be supporting the project in any way I can.

The drains along Tuffley Avenue were blocked with leaves so I asked for them to be cleared.

This work was done last week. I’m pleased with the results!

There has recently been some fly-tipping in the alleyway from Podsmead Place to Tuffley Avenue.

I have been in touch with council officers and we are taking this case forward. We need to establish ownership which is proving complex at the moment.

See my Facebook page for a video about this issue.

We’re good to go!

If you run a business, you can now apply for a free UK-wide industry standard and consumer mark to reassure your customers that your business adheres to Government and public health guidance.

More information can be found here.

There is also a local campaign coming soon, which will help Gloucester businesses recover.

After asking officers when the weeds in Podsmead would be cleared they confirmed to me that the work would be carried out from the beginning of the week commencing 29th June.

We can see where they have been sprayed as they are going yellow and dying off. Hopefully the rainy spells we have had recently will not reduced the effectiveness of the spray, but if any weeds need to be followed up with a weed clearing machine such as we used last year, I will request this.

If any residents notice any weeds that haven’t been done or where the spray hasn’t taken, please inform me.

With thanks to Prospects Services for the information.

Plastic Free July is a movement in which you can challenge yourself to avoid single-use plastics in order to reduce plastic pollution.

More info: https://www.plasticfreejuly.org/

PLASTIC FREE SHOPPING IN GLOUCESTERSHIRE

Over the past few years we have seen a small number of plastic free shops appearing across the county. These shops provide basic food and household supplies that are free from plastic packaging, environmentally friendly and are often organic and/or plant based too. Here are just a few of the plastic free shops in our county:

Stroud: http://looseplasticfree.co.uk/

Cheltenham: http://foodloose.co.uk/

Gloucester: https://www.facebook.com/fill.your.boots.shop/

You can find others, along with other ethical and zero waste organizations using this link: https://www.zerowastenear.me/loc/gloucestershire/