The Central Councillors have taken a slightly different approach to Street Surgery based on feedback from residents. Some residents felt that Resident Associations seem to get local issues resolved better by working with councillors and other residents in their areas. We are fortunate in Central to have two Residents Associations, one in Broadgreen and one in the Railway Village. In response to the feedback our Street Surgeries will be based on Street/Locality representation. Hopefully this will help with local identity and resolving local issues. We will of course still continue to deal with casework on an individual basis, and house/street meetings as required. The streets are grouped as follows:
- Rushy Platt
- Westcott Place, Read St, Marlborough St, Andover St, Shires, Turner St, Wootton Bassett Rd
- William Street, Albion Street, Cambria Road
- Dean Street to Birch Street Triangle including Park lane
- Farringdon Rd to Tennyson Street including Milton Road
- Railway Village and London Street
- David Murray John Building
- Haydon Street, Ayleysbury St area
- Broadgreen South – Manchester Road to Fleming Way
- Broadgreen North – Manchester Road to Station Road
- County Road, Colbourne Street, Amber Close
- West Shrivenham Road, Pavilion Close, Marsh Farm
- East Shrivenham Road, Wills Avenue, Copse Avenue
- Briars Close, Farriers Close
On Saturday 26th of June we carried out our first new look surgery. This took the form of letting residents know in advance we would be in Rushy Platt on the Saturday. We set up our Red Gazebo alongside ‘Juno Way’ with signs letting the residents know we were in the area. The Gazebo contains a table and chairs for any ad hoc meeting/discussion. We then called on the local residents.
We had good feedback with a number of repeated complaints/issues.
- Litter in Children’s Play area
- Tipping and Builders waste
- Dog ‘poop’ on paths
- Overgrown Allotment Hedges at the back of properties overhanging into residents properties.
- Public path blocked by barb-wire
We have had a good response on two of the issues. The litter and the tipping have been cleared. We are waiting for a response on the hedge problem.
Interestingly one resident was going to produce a leaflet on some of the issues and deliver it to the local residents. She was hoping this would help to reduce the issues. This inspired us to produce a feedback letter on the Saturday visit and we will be producing this in the coming weeks. We will provide feedback on the issues we have resolved and those we are still working on.
A NEWSLETTER FROM CENTRAL WARD COUNCILLORS IS AVAILABLE HERE.
Cllr Bob Wright, Central Ward
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