I am pleased to confirm that following several years of hard lobbying of Councillor Tim Ball, Curo and the Council, we have managed to work together to get a major step forward in reducing some of the pressures of parking along Freeview Road.

Myself and Councillor Tim Ball met with a member of the Bath City Forum on 15th May 2018 to explain the proposed work the funding would be used for and show him the parking issues that were being experienced. He agreed that the requested works were suitable to allow funding to be permitted from CIL funds that the Forum manage, subject to a couple of clarifications from the Highways Team.

Next Tuesday, 17th July, a report will be submitted to the Bath City Forum to approve the funding of grass create to be put in to two areas of the street using money from CIL funding, this will enable cars to park on the grassed areas without sinking into the mud and creating an unsightly mess.

The details can be found on page 57 of the printed papers for the meeting, which are on the BANES Website here.

It has taken a very long time to reach this stage and I will of course keep you informed of the outcome of the meeting on Tuesday and would also like to thank the residents of Freeview Road for their patience whilst we fought to get this resolved.