Kingsway Villagers

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.

I believe it may have been a problem throughout the whole of Kingsway, but it definitely was in the new development of Kingsway.

Apparently there should have been a collection in our area on Good Friday, which was missed!

The next scheduled collection will be a day later this week – IE: Friday will now be Saturday.

They are arranging an individual collection in my area now, after I expressed concern.

May be worth others saying something; the City Council’s refuse number is 01452 396396 and can be found here.

Hope it helps others.

We haven’t had a refuse collection since 19th December and it’s now the 5th Jan!

The Gloucester City Council website does state that there would be no collections during the week beginning 22nd Dec – but what has happened since then?

Does anyone know anything about when we are likely to have our rubbish collected?

We noticed a lorry around Kingsway on Saturday – but it did not visit Marham Drive. All the houses in Marham Drive have very full dustbins and additional black bags – these are now starting to attract seagulls….

We have contacted the Council, but have had no response so far!

I just wondered whether any other roads have been affected, and if anyone knows anything?