long ashton

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07-Oct-08
Carers Information Evening
Pavilion, Village Hall @7.30 p.m.

08-Oct-08
A Crude Awakening
Village Hall @ 7.15

08-Oct-08
A Walk to Remember
Ashton Court

13-Oct-08
London Visit with the Womens Institute


15-Oct-08
Long Ashton Independent Ladies Association
Village Hall @ 7.15 p.m.

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Safe walking down Providence. Make a pavement and road one-way
tagged with: providence lane   roads   walking  
Double yellow lines all along the main road Tarmac path from Northleaze school to All Saints, so it is a clear walk from Birdwell to Church Resurfacing roads a prority
tagged with: paths   roads   yellow lines  
lack of cycle lanes into Bristol Very concerned about speed of traffic as a cyclist unsafe walking on unpavemented roads way of finding about local services, eg plumber carpenter gardener builder later and nicer buses would be good
tagged with: bus service   cycle lanes   local services   pavements   roads   traffic  
less parking on main road maintain alleyways, especially Brocks Lane from mainroad to providence resurface Keedwell Hill
tagged with: alleys   parking   roads  
Need to protect environment, especially careful thought given to airport link-road junction postitioning.
tagged with: environment   junction   roads  
more reliable cheaper bus service another doctor's service a bank cheaper supermarker larger post office cafe larger library better maintained roads - too many pot holes
tagged with: bank   bus service   cafe   doctors   library   post office   potholes   roads   supermarket  
Something needs to be done urgently about the state of the road outside the 'Old Peoples' bungalows at the bottom of Keedwell Lane - it's very dangerous.
tagged with: roads  
Most roads throughout the village need re-surfacing.
tagged with: roads  
Bus frequency - Weston and Clevedon buses should be routed through the village, rather than down the bypass, thus giving improved service. Library not mentioned in this survey - WHY NOT? It should be improved by providing a toilet and refreshments, thus fulfillliing the need for a meeting place in the centre of the village, and encouraging people to the shopping area. The opening hours should also be increased to make better use of the exissting valuable facility. Doctors surgery - With the expanded village, there is a need for an EXTRA FULL TIME DOCTOR. Surgery should be open at lunchtime (invaluable for working people), and we should return to a Saturday morning emergency surgery. CURRENT OPENING HOURS ARE INADEQUATE. Parking - Vehicles parked on the main road outisde the new houses at the Research Station create a very dangerous situation and should be prevented. Police should enforce obstruction laws on the bend/brow of the hill. Pavements - These should be better maintained and cleared, particularly along 'The flats' to Cambridge Batch. Roads - The road surfaces along the main road through the village are appalling, also Ridgeway Road is like a roller coaster - particularly bad for cyclists in both cases.
tagged with: bus service   doctors   library   parking   pavements   roads   surgery  
1. Re-tarmacing of the disgraceful road surface - uneven, potholed and dangerous - along the new houses on the Research Station site (main road). 2. Speed humps as cars swing into Long Ashton (at 40/50 mph) off of Clarken Combe. 3. Prohibited parking (double yellows) down one side of Church Lane especially outside of the Angel Inn entrance on Church Lane. 4.The bus stop before the turning after Yanley Lane needs to be prohibited parking. This is a dangerous spot in the rush hours as buses cannot pull in because of parked cars. 5. Mini roundabout Long Ashton Road /Clarken Combe to allow safer and more efficient exit from Long Ashton onto Clarken Combe. 6. Double yellow lines on the main road along the new houses of the Research Centre site - accident black spot.
tagged with: parking   roads   safety   traffic  
A road between four bungalows at the bottom of Keed Lane Main road has become a car park rather than road. This acts as traffic calming Parking by new development dangerous Home prescription delivery service for frail and elderly
tagged with: parking   prescriptions   roads   traffic calming  
I have grave concerns about the pedestian crossing at the Co-op. On a great many occasions one car has stopped, I have started to walk across, the car on the other side doesn't. I feel this is a great danger to children in particular. I have been in contact with Trevor Byford and he says the police are aware of the problem and are hoping to back a puffin crossing. Perhaps we could all back this before a child is knocked down. There has already been one knocked down on the other village crossing for the same reason as described above. I have answered the questions on buses; however it is rather difficult to give the answers as I am a pensioner so get free transport - this does encourage me to use them more. I gather the C-op have put clamping signs in the car park behind them. This will not help the already obvious parking problem on the main road outside; this car park, as I understand it, is not entirely the Co-op's but part belongs to the local authority anyway. It should be made clear by the Co-op which are their parking spaces if they are making this claim. I also understanf d the vet practice has 2-3 spaces for their staff - even the GPs were never given parking spaces! 2-3 spaces is quite unnecessary - there is only one visiting vet as there is only one consulting room. I also feel the Co-op should be pressured into using their own rear loading bay. I gather it needs bringing up-to-date for Health and Safety. Their lorries cause a great many problems on the road. I have even seen them carry on with their manoeuvres and keep an emergency vehicle waiting.
tagged with: bus service   coop   parking   pedestrian crossings   roads   transport   vet  
Q 2.07 I would agree to the road closure of glebe rd at rush hour times providing the residents could still gain access to and from their homes. Access to the A38 through Yanley Lane is what should be restricted. I also feel that double yellow lines are needed opposite the entrance to Glebe Rd and at the top of Glebe Rd where Auto Scuderia garage park their vehicles on the bend. Speed ramps in Yanley Lane would also help to put off drivers using the lane as a rat-run to A38
tagged with: glebe road   parking   roads   speed   transport   yanley lane  
This respondent wrote against Q2.09 that I live "on the A38 - top of Yanley Lane" A38 - The higher volume of traffic on this road makes it more difficult to cross with tractor/LR & trailers etc. Dangerous in fact. Betwen the King's Road and Dundry lane there needs to be a 40mph limit and a speed camera. The bollards etc outside the Town and Country Lodge are better for the hotel but actually a hazard as speeding vehicles do not see them! Yanley Lane - This becomes more and more a rat-run where the speed of vehicles is frightening, there have been several accidents, (unreported some of them) The lane needs a speed limit. 30mph and a notice of how narrow it is. At the end of the lane the school signs do now slow the traffic down but - Glebe Road - at the top particularly is a nightmare with parked cars. There were double yellolines there before the re-surfacing but they have never been put back. They are desperately neede there. Back to the A38 - Between King's Head Inn and Dundry Lane has really become a dangerous stretch of road. More vehicles using the refreshment bar in the Collettes Brook Lay-by, added to the problem. In this particular stretch the A38 is not coping with the increased volume of traffic which is obviously being generated by the airport.
tagged with: a38   airport   glebe road   roads   speed cameras   speed limit   speeding   transport   yanley lane  
Have our pavements and roads brought up to standard On the Lampton Road - Fenhurst -Elmhurst Gardens. Double yellow lines on corners to allow coaches to get round to school. Stop parking on pavements.
tagged with: maintenance   parking   pavements   roads   schools  
Road by new housing made narrower by parking Road between Cox's shop and Yanley Lane should be widened by using people's gardens to make traffic safer. Overhanging branches should cut and householders of those gardens billed. Cafe's in the past (Bistro LA) have failed
tagged with: cafe   overhanging trees and shrubs   parking   roads  
Close off Yanley Lane to make it access only for residents. Put access road onto the bypass and off the bypass from Wild Country Lane/near Barrow Hospital to route the traffic from the Nailsea end of Long Ashton to the bypass rather than through the village. With the number of new houses put in amenities at the Nailsea end of the village i.e. pub/restaurant. Reduce speed limit on Yanley Lane to 20mph along its entirety from Glebe Road to the Woodspring golf and country club. I have lived in Long Ashton for 10 years and I have never been welcomed into the village and feel it's only for administration convenients that Yanley is part of Long Ashton, in fact if we had not rung the council we would not have received recycling bags and boxes. If the heading of Section 7 is correct then Yanley Lane is obviously not considered as the banks are eroded by the traffic and by fly tipping. Where is the Parish Councli action on that?
tagged with: housing   roads   traffic   yanley lane  
Concern about "ring-road" development Secondary school for Long Ashton Better maintenance of roads Larger primary schools#traffic calming
tagged with: roads   schools  
The road surfaces in the village are diabolical and there is no mention of this in the Survey. Ridgeway Road is like a humback fairground ride where cars 'ground' routinely. Resurfacing of the main road is long overdue. Drains blocked with sludge, causing surface water to collect. I would like priority given to safer roads which enable cyclists to use roads without encountering pot holes and raised iron utitily covers being a hazard.
tagged with: road surfaces   roads  

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