bathvoice April 2022 No. 26
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Walking for Ukraine: the children who raised £3,800 A group of school children from Bath who have been moved by the plight of refugees fleeing the Russian invasion of Ukraine organised a sponsored walk to raise cash for them. Hannah Cameron McKenna said Marlow Cameron McKenna, aged 7, and his friend Milly Brown, aged 8, organised the sponsored walk with their friends for Unicef’s Ukraine appeal. They walked from Bath to Bradford-on-Avon on Sunday 20th March (15km total) and raised over £3,800. Marlow and Milly attend Moorlands Junior School, while they were joined by pupils from Oldfield Park Infant and Junior schools. To donate to the appeal search on line for the DEC Humanitarian Appeal.
Road calming measures planned for Bear Flat and Widcombe By Harry Mottram. One of south Bath’s most notorious rat runs is to have major work to slow down the traffic. Widcombe Hill has seen fatal accidents in recent years and a number of minor accidents due to the narrowness of the road and the steepness of the road.
Cllr Winston Duguid said the Council had approved a £100,000 package to put in place road safety measure during the course of this and next year. “Consultants will meet with the residents and designers to decide the type of measures that are needed,” he said, “there is one
place in particular which is highly dangerous for pedestrians on the corner. It is by the Macaulay Buildings where a footpath emerges. “The measures are for the whole hill and may feature chicanes, pedestrian crossings and Continued on page 3
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