Councillors Surgery Saturday 1st Feb 2020

Twerton Ward Councillors Surgery returns this Saturday at Rose Cottage Twerton High Street from 10am till 12 noon.

No appointment is required just turn up and let us know what is troubling you.

Twerton High Street

More Issues reported

Out and about around Twerton and Whiteway this morning, it was rather wet, but we have reported a number of issues, some of which we have requested to be resolved previously but still have not been actioned.

These include:

The uneven, dangerous footpath that runs between Sheridan Road and Long Valley Road.

Damaged Steps on Poolemead Road

As well as street lights that are lit during the day, household waste that has been left out uncollected and a number of flytipping incidents around the area.

We have reported several issues direct to Curo to action, such as the Flytipping in Rosewarn Park and the bin stores to the rear of Brunel House and Walwyn Close.

We will follow these up during the week to ensure action is taken to help make our area a cleaner nicer place for all.

If you have any issues in your street that are not being actioned, please do get in touch.

Issue resolution and repair updates

Over the past few weeks, a number of small issues that Tim and I have reported have finally been actioned, including the street sweeping on North View Close and the repair of these steps on Freeview Road:

We have also now received dates for other repairs such as the felling of a very large tree that was planted in the wrong location. Whilst we would not usually request any trees to be removed, if they are the wrong type that are too big for the location, as they grow over time they start to cause damage and become a hazard.  We have already planted a large number of new trees in the Twerton area and are looking to increase this number.

We also now have a date for the repair of the gate at Hanna Close, this will have a slow closure mechanism added to it, to prevent it from banging shut.  

Due to the full workload of our Highways team and the previous administration not scheduling the resource within this year, we have been assured that the additional parking at the end of Freeview Road, will take place early in the next financial year.

The repairs to the bus stops in the area will take place towards the end of February/beginning of March, this is due to contractors and replacement parts availability.

We continue to report minor issues via the FixMyStreet APP which is available for everyone to use and the request goes directly to the team responsible or you will receive a response if it is not the Council's responsibility.  This is the quickest way to lodge issues and get a resolution.

We fully understand residents frustrations that work does not happen as quickly as you would like and we are now looking at how we can speed up resolutions, however, please do continue to let us know of any issues in your street that need action and we will 

Update litter picking blocked drains Fix my street

Both Sarah Moore and Tim Ball joined litter pickers on Saturday and cleared a large area from the top of Poolemead Road to the Wedgewood Road Junction the whole of Wedgewood Road and Eleanor Close.

In all 9 bags full of rubbish and litter were removed.

We also came across several road drains full up with silt and have reported there using the fix my street application.

Many thanks for the volunteers that came out with us the whole area looks much better now.

FIX MY Street

Why not try the fix my street app yourselves its very easy and can be downloaded from either the apple store or from Google.

Twerton High Street

Wessex Water will be carrying out work in Twerton High Street between the 7th and the 9th January. Traffic lights will be in place to regulate the flow of Traffic.

It would be advisable to give extra time when planning your journey as delays can be expected.