E-news for March

Residents parking

If you haven’t seen it (and I imagine you will have seen the posters!), then please respond to the residents parking consultation:

http://www.bristol.gov.uk/page/transport-and-streets/southville-se-residents-parking-scheme

It is going to happen anyway

Like it or not, residents parking will happen anyway. Or at least thats what Tess Green and Charlie Bolton have been told personally by mayor George Ferguson.

But that doesn’t mean you will get no changes to it. In fact, lots of minor changes are possible (and were made to other schemes). These include changes to the distribution of pay and display bays to residents only parking bays; to check those streets which were initially described as parking on one side only; and possibly to hours and days of operation.

There will also be a major review of the scheme 6 months after its introduction.

To reverse its introduction once it is in will require a change of mayor.

A Green perspective

Charlie Bolton, Green candidate for Southville in the May council election has said ‘I intend to support the implementation of residents parking - with the proviso that I think it needs to be cheaper for those on low incomes.

Also, I would like to have seen local people have the choice over whether or not it is implemented - for example in a local referendum - but I would have campaigned for its introduction (again subject to making it cheaper for those on low incomes).

I’ve lived in Southville for 23 years, and in that time seen it fill up with cars. When I was a councillor between 2006-2010, I was told that growth in car ownership ran at about 2% per year. While that may have been halted by the recession, I see no reason for this growth not to continue now we are getting out of it.

Basically I think we are now at or near capacity. We have a free for all, which is slowly getting worse. And we need to do something to try and control the situation. At its most basic, residents parking is a system of control - which could allow us to consider car-free developments

I’d also add that I am a member of the Green Party and I want to see us live in a sustainable city with a sustainable transport system.  Ultimately, it means journeys by car need to be the exception, not the rule. Along with more local shopping and jobs, more cycling, better buses and trains, more walking, more city car club cars, slower speeds, more playing out - some sort of control over the number of vehicles locally is also part of the solution.’

Better bus service from BS3 to Temple Meads

Many thanks to all those who have already signed our petition for a better bus service toTemple Meads.But we need more. Lots more.

Please sign the petition

http://epetitions.bristol.gov.uk/epetition_core/community/petition/2624

And get your friends to sign it too!

The Council Budget

For Cllr Tess Greens report on the budget, please follow the link

http://southvillegreenparty.blogspot.co.uk/2014/03/budget-blues-blog-post-from-tess-green.html

Match day parking

Many thanks to all those who have completed our survey on match day parking. We have had around 140 response to date, and will report fully next month.

If you haven’t completed it and still want to, here is the link

https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/MSL75VT

It takes about a minute

Islington Road pocket park

There has been a 5 or 6 year saga concerning a site which used to be garages on Islington Road. Local residents would like it to be a facility, perhaps a pocket park, for the local area.

The council appears to want to sell it off, despite the fact that it was turned down by a housing association as being too small.

We will keep you updated!

Tenants Resource Centre

Concerns have been raised over the future of the tenants resource centre in Redcliff. It is used by thousands of tenants per year as a place to get advice. But may be facing council cut backs.


Contacts

Tess Green - Councillor Tess Green can be contacted at

tess.green@bristol.gov.uk

The Green Party in Southville can be contacted at

southville@bristolgreenparty.org.uk

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