Drinking ban progresses
Jeremy Hilton has met with city council officers to give his backing to introducing a ban on the drinking of alcohol at the rose garden on London Road.
20 Jun 2018
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Residents’ parking review expected to start this year
Your Liberal Democrat councillors have been getting requests to introduce residents parking permits for Oxford Road, Edwy Parade, Newland Street and Sebert Street.
20 Jun 2018
Kingsholm and Wotton News in Brief - June 2018
● The road surface on St Oswald's Road, the Wotton Pitch section of Cheltenham Road and part of Horton Road is breaking up. Jeremy has asked the county council to resurface these roads.
20 Jun 2018
Staff cuts blamed by Tory council for no action in two years on Estcourt Road garden
Gloucester City Council is complaining it doesn't have enough staff to maintain the public garden on Estcourt Road, near to the Kingsholm Road roundabout.
20 Jun 2018
Lib Dems want to use compulsory purchase powers to acquire 67/69 London Road
Liberal Democrat councillors Isabel Brazil and Jeremy Hilton have issued a challenge to the Tory-run city council to acquire 67/69 London Road for a housing development.
20 Jun 2018
Redrow file application for 100 houses on Civil Service ground
Plans have been submitted to build 100 homes on the grounds of the former Civil Service club in Kingsholm.
20 Jun 2018
Barnwood Park - to be included in Urban Greening Project
Barnwood Park is to be included in an Urban Greening Project which is designed to create/improve wildlife habitats throughout the city. It will be run in partnership with Gloucestershire Wildlife Trust, The University of Gloucesershire and the Environment Agency.
20 Jun 2018
Action on Barnwood Road blocked gullies !
Recent heavy rain has once again highlighted the faults with some of the gullies / drains along the main road through Barnwood. We have seen that surface water (ponding) at the junction with Church Lane does not drain away as it should, causing difficulties for motorists, cyclists and pedestrians.
20 Jun 2018
Barnwood Community Partnership
At the BCP AGM on 22nd May a resolution was passed to 'dissolve' the partnership.
20 Jun 2018
Members Community Funding put to good use by Joanne
As regularly reported in Spotlight, the Community Grant Budget allowed each city councillor to allocate £1,000 (reduced to £500 for 2018-19) within their ward to support community projects. Joanne received applications from several local groups including the following examples which each received funding:
20 Jun 2018
Complaints about local roads are on the increase
The Conservatives have been in charge at Shire Hall for thirteen years. In that time, we have seen the county's roads deteriorate with potholes appearing all over Gloucestershire. The local minor works budget has just been slashed by 31%.
20 Jun 2018
King George V Playing Fields - to be included in Urban Greening Project
King George V Playing Fields are to be included in an Urban Greening Project
20 Jun 2018
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