Out and About

Out and about this week in Brislington with Jos and Andrew

Trees and parks update

We met BCC Tree officers this week for an update on tree planting in Brislington West. We are delighted to confirm that funding has been confirmed for the new Arnos Court Park Bath Road boundary hedge, which will be a double-row of 200 whips comprising a mix of native species. Hopefully, this will be planted this December with the help of local school children. The ward has also secured a further 6 standard sized trees through Section 106 funding (from developers), which will also be planted this winter. More trees will also be planted across the ward courtesy of the Environment Agency. These will be street trees with locations including Hamsptead Road, Hillsborough Road and West Town Lane.

The EA has also given BCC an additional voluntary donation of £6,000 to be spent in Nightingale valley. The plan is to plant 6 standard trees and a small infill woodland of 102 whips adjacent to the EA stream trap at the St Anne’s end of Brislington Brook. Applications have also been made for more trees using a new fund, Trees for Climate, including 35 standard trees for Callington Road near the nature reserve and 24 standard trees in Arnos Court Park to create an avenue along the diagonal path. Fingers crossed all these schemes come to fruition. If you know any other locations in Brislington West which would be suitable for tree planting, please let us know.

Community Street Audit

As part of the A4 Corridor project, Living Streets, the UK charity for everyday walking, has been commissioned by Bristol City Council to facilitate two Community Street Audits in Brislington. This is to find out what local residents think about travelling and walking around in the area, what works well, and what can be improved. They want to hear from people who live, work and visit Sandy Park Road and Brislington Hill. For more information and to register your interest and have your say, please visit the links below:

Brislington Hill

Tuesday, 17 August: 10 – 11.30am and 1 – 2.30pm

https://www.eventbrite. co.uk/e/165900393543

Sandy Park Road

Thursday, 19 August: 10 – 11.30am and 1 – 2.30pm

https://www.eventbrite. co.uk/e/165884183057

You can find out more about community street audits here:

https://www.livingstreets.org.uk/products-and-services/projects/community-street-audits

You can find out more about the charity, Living Streets, here:

https://www.livingstreets.org.uk

To encourage greater participation in the consultation, the project team will start door knocking this week on the streets most likely to be affected by the scheme. These include all the streets adjacent to the Callington Road Link along the route of the former Brislington Railway Line, namely Repton Road, Churchill Road, Thierry Road, Callington Road and Bath Road. You can participate in the public consultation on the A4 Corridor project here: https://travelwest.info/projects/improvementson-a4-bristol-to-bath

Thank you to everyone who attended our August litter pick in and around the Sand Hill area of Brislington.

We managed to fill 10 large bags in the space of 45 minutes! Our next litter pick will be 11 September. Venue is yet to be decided so please let us know if there is a particular problem area in Brislington West you’d like us to tackle.

Voter registration annual canvass

Bristol residents are being encouraged to make sure their electoral registration details are up to date so as not to lose their voice on decisions that affect them. Bristol’s annual canvass process to update registered elector details has now started. Residents should check the form they receive in the post to see if a response is required. Updating the council with any changes is a legal requirement. Residents can respond online, by text, by phone and by post and full details of how to respond are listed on the form. Residents can register to vote online at www. gov.uk/register-to-vote

For more information about the annual canvass and the process please visit www.bristol. gov.uk/annualcanvass or contact Electoral Services directly at electoral.services@ bristol.gov.uk

Walking for Sanctuary

Local residents may be interested in the Fanny Coker Walk of Witness in aid of the Sanctuary Transport Fund on 14 August. Please join or sponsor them as they walk through the centre of Bristol. Walkers will be gathering at 10.30am on Guinea Street and completing the walk and assembling in the John Wesley Chapel Broadmead at around 2.30pm. The walk will be around those places in Bristol that are particularly associated with slavery and the slave trade. The Sanctuary Transport Fund provides free bus tickets to people seeking sanctuary, focusing on people who are destitute and those considered most vulnerable in the city. The tickets help people access vital medical appointments, drop-ins and legal support. All money raised will be match funded by First Bus. Please register if you wish to attend by emailing: bristol@cityofsanctuary.org

You can donate here: https://localgiving.org/appeal/walking_for_ sanctuary/

By Jos Clark, Liberal Democrat Councillor (Brislington West) Email: cllr.jos.clark@bristol.gov.uk Mobile: 07584 370429

Andrew Varney, Liberal Democrat Councillor (Brislington West) Email: cllr.andrew.varney@bristol.gov.uk Mobile: 07584 18338