Kingsway Villagers

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?

Hi,

I know there has been some debate on here about trolleys, things left at the park etc…

This is our Community, we live here and it’s up to to keep it the way we like it.

The other day I noticed next to our house that someone had left a smashed bottle there. I said to my other half that we should clean it up. Why? Because our children play out there, it is next to our house and one which is currently empty, and I care about how my area looks.

If we all walk outside our house and possibly notice a little bit of rubbish – pick it up; it will make Kingsway look clean and tidy and yes – maybe it may happen again – but at least there won’t be a mound of it.

I was walking down a side road last week and I noticed cardboard, bottles, writing on lampposts, writing on road signs etc… If the people who lived there washed it off – may take oh, 5 minutes but it will make the area look much less run down which is what it looks like down that side alley at the moment!

I do like living here, mainly as I live in a quiet part, however it is worrying how many trolleys, rubbish etc we do see…

We all need to take note and care for our Community.

Hi

Just a couple of points I was hoping someone could raise as I’m not sure what else to about it.

1. The Tesco trolleys that seem to setting up home across Kingsway, particularly in Leeming Walk; I have phoned the lost trolley hotline number quoted on the trolleys (puts you through to Tesco’s customer service centre) 4 times now but the number of trolleys just keeps on going up!
Surely Tesco should be able to send someone for a regular walk round Kingsway to pick up their property before we get more like the smashed up one in the park a while back?
Perhaps with all the work that is going to be going on there soon they could look at putting barriers in to prevent trolleys being "borrowed".

2. Green Recycling boxes: We only got our box because I phoned the Council and asked for one.
Apparently when Wimpey requested them last year they were out of stock and the matter then seemed to be forgotten about. I’m sure this must mean that there are other houses without them – not least because when I went out to put mine away after the bin men had been on Friday, I discovered it was gone! Obviously put back somewhere else by the bin men or picked up by someone else who thought it was theirs.
The Council needs to cut rubbish going to land fill. Is there some environmentally friendly way they can remind residents moving in to the new houses that they can ring up and request their free bin? Reluctant to suggest a flyer through the doors but it may be worth while to encourage more use of the recycling boxes.

I’ve just come down Valley Gardens road by the new school, with some friends who wanted to have a look around Kingsway with a view to buying a house here. What we were confronted with was an old bed and mattress, some ripped floor coverings, a pile of old discarded cardboard and newspapers!

Apart from being a complete eyesore, this will also encourage rats and other vermin.

Have the people who dumped this rubbish no pride in there surroundings?
I feel sorry for the people who do try and keep Kingsway a clean place to live.

The footnote to my story is that my friends have not been put off buying here!

I only hope the County Council or who ever’s job it is gets this rubbish moved quickly and either fines the culprits or gives them a good talking to.

It occurred to me that refuse collection days might change during the Easter bank holiday weekend at Kingsway, so I went looking for information.

According to the Gloucester.gov.uk website, although collections are a day later for most bank holidays, they will take place as normal on Good Friday.

Edited – 27th Dec’ 2008 – From Here:
When I originally made this post, I found several useful resources on their site – like:

Gloucester Refuse Collections – Bank holiday arrangements.
Gloucester Refuse Collections – Normal collection days for your street (including garden waste collection).
Gloucester Refuse Collections – A-Z of what you can recycle (and where).

Originally I linked to them all, but when I looked again a few months later (for Christmas details), all links were broken!
So all pages were moved or removed without setting up any forwarding mechanism… (how helpful is that)!

The best thing to do now is start here and search the site!