Bus Shelter repairs

We are really pleased to confirm that the damaged bus shelters across the area are finally set to be repaired.

We have had confirmation that mesh, like this shown in the shelter on Haycombe Drive, will be replacing the sections which have had the glass smashed and work is scheduled to start week commencing 16th March 2020.

Bus Stop lighting - Boyce Close

After recently being contacted by a resident expressing concern about the lack of lighting at the Bus Stop by Boyce Close, I have been in contact with council officers.

The lamp post by this bus stop is faulty but is also obstructed by the trees.  The teams are working together to clear the trees from the top of the lamp post and will then fix the lamp post to hopefully give more light.

I will provide more details on timescales for this work as soon as I have them.

Keeping up to date

Tim Ball and Sarah Moore are committed to keeping all residents updated on what is going on around the area and across the city.

With this in mind but with an increased effort to reduce the amount of paper being posted through your letterboxes, we will be changing the number of paper Focus Newsletters to quarterly.

However, please be assured Tim and Sarah will not be reducing the level of work they carry out around the ward and will therefore be producing a monthly e-news Focus, which all residents in Twerton & Whiteway Ward can register to receive by sending their email address to sssomoore@gmail.com.

We appreciate not everyone will have access to the internet or have an email address and therefore, if you know of a relative, friend or neighbour that would still like to receive a paper copy of our monthly update, please do let us know and we will do our best to get this over to them.

Please be assured the email addresses provided will only be used for the circulation of the monthly e-news Focus and not for any other political or non-political correspondence.

The first e-news Focus will be released in March.

The regular annual ward survey will also be carried out over the next few months, so please do let us know what is affecting you in your street.

N.B. There may also be an increase in paper documentation during election periods.

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