Following discussions with local residents, assisted by Local Councillor Tim Ball, I have contacted the council and got agreement to install a handrail on some of the steps on Kelston View.
This will help older, less mobile residents to safely use these steps.
Public Rights of Way exist across the whole country and are areas of land that are supposed to be open for all to use to get from one place to another.
These can sometimes go through farms and open spaces that are not owned publicly. However, they enable everyone to move around the area and therefore should be accessible.
Yesterday, it was mentioned that part of the public right of way access through Bath City Farm may have been cordoned off and I have therefore asked the Council to take a look at this, to ensure fair access is available where it is legally supposed to be.
Despite organising numerous litter picks and attempting to make our community a cleaner place, some people feel it is acceptable to just dump bags of rubbish wherever and whenever they want.
I met with Curo this morning to discuss specific issues on Twerton High Street, which is not helped by the household rubbish bins being left on the pavement all day, every day as the residents have nowhere to store them.
I am pleased to say the large amount of flytipping has been removed and a few options were discussed during my meeting to find a suitable location for the bins.
I will update you further as soon as a more permanent solution has been agreed.
If, however, you are experiencing issues like this near you in Twerton or Whiteway, please do not hesitate to get in touch.
At the beginning of April, fed up with the small number inconsiderate dog owners who fail to clean up after their dogs, I decided to launch my own Dog Fouling Campaign.
Following conversations with the local dog warden and with the full support of Bath & North East Somerset Council I contacted 3 local schools in the South West of Bath, St Michael’s Junior School, Twerton Infants School and Roundhill Primary School to get the pupils involved and design a poster to be displayed across the area to highlight the issue in an attempt to reduce the number of incidents.
168 posters were returned from the schools as part of the competition and the local Liberal Democrat MP Wera Hobhouse chose one from each school to be reproduced. Last Thursday 17th May, I accompanied the Deputy Mayor, Councillor Rob Appleyard on a visit to each of the schools to announce the winners and award their prizes. I also knit toys that I sell for charity, so I handmade each of the prizes that were given to the children along with their very own Dog themed bags.
I would like to congratulate all the entrants, but specifically, Ruby Lucy at St Michael’s Junior School, Lily at Twerton Infants School and Poppy at Roundhill Primary School on their winning designs.
Posters are now starting to go up and with residents and dog walkers being fully supportive of the initiative we are hoping the visual impact of the posters will have a positive outcome.
In conjunction with this campaign, me and several other residents in Twerton have set up Twerton & Whiteway Wombles who arrange monthly group litter picks around the whole area with a view to making Twerton one of the cleanest urban areas of BANES to live, I recently met with a representative from Keynsham Wombles to discuss how we could work collaboratively to tackle the ever-increasing issues experienced by all residents.
To keep up to date with my various campaigns, I have my own facebook page – https://www.facebook.com/sarahmooretwerton/ feel free to follow.
As many residents know, dog fouling around Twerton/Whiteway is getting really bad. I have launched a campaign to try and get this sorted.
I have spoken to the BANES dog warden and 3 local schools, Twerton Infants, St Michaels Juniors and Roundhill Primary and got agreement for the children to design a poster that can be displayed around the area to try and highlight how important it is to clear up after your dog.
I ha
ve hand knitted a “low maintenance” dog for 3 lucky winners (1 from each school) and will be arranging for the posters to be printed and erected across the area.
If you witness incidents of dog fouling that is not being cleared up please do contact BANES with as much information as you can to try and help make our community a cleaner place for all to enjoy.
The lane in this picture is in a terrible condition, I have requested a meeting with BANES to highlight this issue and request that it is fully repaired to make it safe for everyone to use.
I have also requested the issue of lighting in this lane is looked at as it is extremely dark at night, with no lighting the entire length of the lane. I have asked them to look at various options to ensure the surrounding properties are not adversely affected if lighting was installed.