Belated New Year greetings and Good Wishes to everyone celebrating a festival this month!
The last few weeks have brought foul weather and associated problems of mud. I reported mud around the mini roundabouts at the bottom of Blacksmiths Lane, which was subsequently cleaned up, but sadly not the cycleway and areas of the pavement. I strongly believe that pedestrians and cyclists have as much right to mud-free passage as motorists so, after further communication, there is agreement to clean the pavement, despite strained resources. I shall keep checking until it’s done!
I am continuing regularly to contact the County Council about other Highways issues in Prestbury such as flooding and speeding. The police Road Safety and Traffic Management Officer has agreed to meet me and look at the situation. If anyone has anything they would like me to take forward, please do get in touch.
Some residents of Prestbury have been in touch about Tetrapak/carton recycling. There is a ‘Waste Wizard’ tucked away on the council website which tells us where we can take them (often a long drive) so wouldn’t it be better to have Tetrapak/cartons collected at the kerbside? Your Green Councillors are asking for this to be funded in the forthcoming budget. In the meantime, the link to the Waste Wizard is below.
https://www.cheltenham.gov.uk/info/5/bins_and_recycling/1781/waste_wizard
The big political news in December was that Gloucester County Council (GCC) wrote to parliament to request that the County Council elections in May be postponed. This is because a major shake-up of local government is planned. GCC drafted the letter without any consultation with other local councils and the Cheltenham Green councillors do not support postponing the elections.
Please note, my next surgery at the library will be on 8th February, NOT 15th as previously advertised.
Please continue to contact me with your concerns and comments!