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08-Jan-09
Long Ashton History Society
Jubilee Pavilion, Village Hall @ 19:30

08-Jan-09
Long Ashton Art Club Exhibition
Long Ashton Library

08-Jan-09
Hobby Horse
Hebron Church, Providence Lane @ 10:30 to 12 noon

09-Jan-09
Long Ashton Art Club Exhibition
Long Ashton Library

10-Jan-09
Long Ashton Art Club Exhibition
Long Ashton Library

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Safe walking down Providence. Make a pavement and road one-way
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Against Q2.07 this respondent wrote: 20mph speed limit on Providence Lane @ all times preferable
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Traffic calming and/or restrictions in Providence Lane to improve pedestrian safety. Suitably positioned double yellow lines to prevent use of laybyes by visitors to the pubs or obstruction of the laybyes. Provision of allotments within the village and improve shops to reduce the need to go to Bristol.
tagged with: allotments   providence lane   shops   traffic  
Traffic/speed calming measures on Providence Lane should be a priority. Double yellow lines actually make it easier for traffiv to speed. This is especially a problem as for most of the Lane there is no footpath.
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Improvements to Providence Lane - speed of traffic and lack of pavements. Increased kerbside collections for recycling to include plastics and all cardboard.
tagged with: pavements   providence lane   traffic  
Very dangerous parking on bends in Providence Lane is allowed. Double yellow lines should stop this. Traffic calming in Providence Lane should also be installed since traffic is often too fast particularly as there is no pavement for pedestrians
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Rather than, as is currently planned, cleaning Providence Lane of parked cars along its middle section, can we please find a way to slow the traffic down. Parked cars actually slow the traffic down. By constantly adding double yellow lines the council is giving drivers and easy and clear "rat run" to use day and night.
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Unhappy with the Chairman of LA Parish Council's comment about 'further road signs and yellow lines not being desirable (newsletter/winter 06-07). Safety counts for more than aethetics Mr Scoones, resign forthwith. There is a huge parking problem in the area around the new Northleaze School and if restrictions - yes, signs and yellow lines - are not introduced, there will be fatalities. I hope to see LA Parish Council adopt a more enlightened and less precious policy in the near future. Qestion 2.07 "entry should be prohibited.. rush hour" is imprecise. Please name the exact junction - don't use vague terms like top 2 bottom. Apart from increasing drivers road rage and inconveniencing local residents I can't see what these closures would achieve. Glebe Road has pavements, incidentally, on which pedestians whould be safe if parking were properly regulated. Providence Lane is a necessary artery. The one way (I remind you it is one way) section of Yanley Lane is unsuited to any increase in traffic volume (dangerous junction at Glebe Road). It seems to me that vast sums have been poured into youth projects and community centre already. The surgery could improve health provision massively by staying open later in the evenings.
tagged with: parking   providence lane   traffic   yellow lines  
Larger research stn building should be HOTEL. The Parish Council opposed plans for budget hotel and filling station opp Smyth Arms/Dovecote as petrol available at Sainsburys. Is this at odds with Park and Ride traffic? FOOTBALL PITCHES - some leagues demanding solid 6ft fencing around pitches - there have been problems at Nailsea. It is cheaper to hire established grounds with all facilities management and maintenance rather than DIY. NEW SCOUT HUTS - a matter for the scouts organisation rather than the council unless the scouts provide a visible contribution to the village facilities (help to keep tidy etc). At the moment their uniforms seem to be seen once a year at armistice day. COUNCIL SERVICE INFORMATION - surely the source is the parish clerk at 45 Long Ashton Road. Alternatively the library but council minutes are often weeks or months in arrears. When the council subsidised the end bay(s) of the Jubilee Pavilion it was inferred that it would be a regular source for information and discussion with council officials with a proper opening timetable. What happened to the proposed arrangement for such 'one stop shop' as discribed. TRAFFIC CALMING - already created by continuous row of kerbside parking in some portions of the main routes eg near Ashover House etc. CLOSURE OF TOP OF PROVIDENCE - a stupid idea whcih would isolate Failand etc from essential early morning services in central Long Ashton eg dentist, deposit of prescriptions and making appointments at surgery, newsagents and grocery. Resulting diversions via Belmont or Clarken Combe involve circa 3 miles travel instead of half mile via Providence and would also transfer extra traffic to main roads of village. BUSES - bus routes using bypass should be diverted through village, creating extra passengers and revenue. 364 would give direct access from Long Ashton to Clevedon, X1 to business area of Locking Road WsM (alternatively extend some 354 Nailsea servides to Clevedon). SEATING AREA - a lovely garden and seating area existed in community centre grounds allowing to fall derelict and replaced by skateboard facility, the latter was vandalised and its replacement is buried under a pile of earth and turf. TRANSPORT - a small bus once ran from Failand and residential areas but disappeared without trace! PARKING - double yellow lines needed where pedestrian curb/road access applies eg vicinity of surgery at corner junctions of Keedwell Hill/Rayens Croft Rd. CO-OP CAR PARK - clearly marked as a customer car park although some latitude given to the immediately local residents. Gather lighting was removed at request of the latter as after hours car breaking was taking place under its illumination.
tagged with: football   hotel   parking   pitch   providence lane   scout cub hut   traffic   traffic calming  
Urgent action is needed at the top of Providence Lane. Pulling out of our drive is VERY dangerous as cars go too fast around the corner. Making it one way would make them go even faster as would double yellow lines. Traffic calming measures such as chicanes are needed and a mirror on the corner. There have been several near-misses lately including one which was almost a very serious accident.
tagged with: providence lane   traffic calming  

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