Kingsway Villagers

Having recently attended the big park this morning, I was absolutely ashamed when I got there with my little child; the park was strewn with litter and the amount of graffiti evident within the skate park is not only offensive but is completely disgraceful.

I’m unsure if the litter was atypical of a Sunday morning but why isn’t this park being respected by the locals that use it? More to the point what was the point in installing a CCTV camera on the park, which is clearly not doing its job?

Editors Note: For more articles about ASB issues at "the big park" see:
 
Kingsway Community Walkabout: Results – (06/08/09)
Things that go BUMP in the night – (26/09/08)
Park Pranks and Kingsway Youths – (05/09/08)
Kingsway Park – Vandalism and ASB – (04/04/’08)
The Big Park – (03/04/08)
Kingsway Community Policing – (04/11/07)

Last week some irresponsible, anti-social persons dumped 2 bags of rubbish in my front garden! It wasn’t kids dumping rubbish, this was a deliberate act of fly-tipping of a couple of bags of rubbish in a couple of Tesco carrier bags – presumably their own dustbins were full, so they were looking to offload their rubbish on someone else. The bags weren’t just thrown into the garden, they had been deliberately placed there.

I contacted the Council and reported the fly-tipping. Apparently, when fly-tipping happens, the Council go through the rubbish left and, if they can find who dumped it (eg: by finding an envelope with an address on etc), they prosecute.

I suppose it’s only to be assumed that – with the new fortnightly waste collection regime, there will be some anti-social people who don’t understand recycling, fill their own bins and then look to dump their extra rubbish elsewhere, passing on the problem to other people! I’ve asked the Council what measures they intend to take regarding such miscreants and will report back.

In the meantime, I’m pleased to say that the Council collected the bags and – with some luck, will be investigating with a view to prosecuting the anti-social fly-tippers.

Watch out for it happening to you.

Hi All,

Today I have emailed the Council (again) about the rubbish collecting in the brook outside Domino’s and behind the Chinese Takeaway / Betting Shop.

I am inclined to go to the papers if I do not get a time scale for cleaning, as I am fed up with walking around and seeing rubbish everywhere.

What am I paying my Council Tax for?
How come other countries don’t have the rubbish everywhere?
Because they have street cleaners working all the time.

If anyone would like to email the Neighbourhood Management Support Officer at Gloucester Council it would be much-appreciated back up.

Hi Neighbours

Clare posted the following:

Hi Clive
I’ve just spoken to the council and there will be no rubbish collection this week until Friday. They can’t catch up so just aren’t bothering to try!!
Can you post this up somewhere people can see it?
Thanks,
Clare

(For the benefit of those reading this in the future), “catch up” obviously refers to the fact that last weeks collection was missed due to the snow… Nothing unusual for this time of year, in fact it’s becoming something of a habit! The same thing happened in Christmas 2008 and Easter 2009!

Yesterday I went to Tesco. As I was walking on Valley Gardens just before the bollard, I noticed a long piece of timber next to a bin on the side of the road.

On the way back I saw a guy with a small dog and his girlfriend / wife / friend with a pushchair. The guy took this wooden timber and threw it into the pond area (not in the actual pond but just after the gates) in Valley Gardens (where the bus stop is).

I am really disgusted. Why would a grown man would do something like that?
I am sure he lives there…

I hope someone will dump refuse in his garden!

Please circulate to all your friends and neighbours in the Quedgeley area.

Sorry, just picked up the details from the organisers… Better late than never!

Please come on a march to protest about Gloucestershire County Council’s plans to build an incinerator at Javelin Park.

Join at any of the points as below (or anywhere in between)…

9.30am Quedgeley Retail Park

9.50am Roundabout at Naas Lane/Fieldcourt Drive

10.15am McDonalds/Esso Garage, Hardwicke.

11.00am End at Javelin Park with the releasing of 99 Red Balloons – representing the danger of possible emissions; each balloon will be tagged to trace how far they travel.

Editors Notes:
1. For more info’ about the issue see this article from 10/12/’07.
2. Sorry about the late addition. This wasn’t submitted until either very late yesterday or ealrlier today and I wasn’t available to edit/add articles until now.