After delivering for the Twerton Community for the past four years and keeping up our record of action in Twerton it is time that we laid out some of the priorities that we have developed locally after talking and listening to local residents.
This is a list that we call six to fix but is not exhaustive and will be added to.
1) Introduce traffic restrictions by the School on Poolemead Road.
This will help ensure the safety of children going to the school and slow down traffic which is needed in this area. We have already introduced a scheme on Newton Road that is working well.
2) Bring in more street parking bays.
The amount of cars parking on our roads are making it difficult for traffic to be able to navigate some of our streets and we will introduce off road parking like we have on Poolemead Road or formal bays like we introduced on both Newton Rd and Wedgewood Road.
3) Sort out entrances to Innox Park and introduce a lighting Scheme across the park.
The gateways need replacing and enhancing in this area and a low lighting scheme alongside the new path that we have introduced will give an element of safety and well being in this area.
4) Restructure of Kelston View.
This road has become particularly bad over the years and needs not to be just slurry sealed like in the past but fully reconstructed like we were able to have done in Newton Road a few years ago,
5) Repair Communal Wall across our area.
We area working on a plan with Curo and the council to have many of the walls that are crumbling and unsafe in the area repaired and the infrastructure improved.
6) Improve Local Bus services for all residents.
We are working with the local bus companies to get a better offer for local residents.
We have already in the last few years got a 30 minute service introduced to Odd Down on the number 20 Wessex Route and are working to get the 15A bus reintroduced to take students directly to Bath Spa university and ease the load on the local buses.
The new electronic timetables and new bus shelters with seats that we have had introduced on the number 5 bus route have added to passenger comfort, now need to ensure that First Bus keep to their timings.
We are also looking at other operators to ensure competition and ensure quality of vehicles is enhanced.
