Your councillors say

Since I was elected in May last year (thank you!) it’s been a rollercoaster. Apart from the occasional success helping someone with some individual casework it can, frankly, feel like you are banging your head against a wall. But I have a couple of recent examples where I can see the results of positive community action, linked up with local councillors where we can see some real impact. Dan Norris was sympathetic but without a lot of lobbying from a lot of people it probably would not have got anywhere. But now we have ended up with the No 5 being reinstated. The second example was residents highlighting a ‘rogue ‘ developer who was basically sitting on a property in St Werburghs allowing it to go to ruin. Local residents have raised it for many years. Local councillors helped champion and the officers of the councils used it as

The first is the Number 5 bus. First bus made the decision to cut out the evening and weekend service. A Young mum came to our councillor surgery about it highlighting how it would impact her life as she didn’t have access to a car. We had a great conversation and she went off to organise a facebook page and petition. It quickly reached over 600 signatures which helped me to go to a West of England Coalition meeting and ask the metro mayor directly about whether they could consider the No. 5 as one of the public funded contracted bus services. a test case to take the owner to court for breech of improvement orders. In the scale of things the fines were not that much nut if they fail to comply they will be in contempt of court. I think we will see some action and good on the officers for taking a punt.

So the message is this: whilst it is frustrating, keep on vocalising; keep on being tenacious and eventually you will get results. Tim Wye Councillor for Ashley Ward

Bristol Walk Fest...

The city’s hugely popular, annual walking festival – Bristol Walk Fest is back! The month-long celebration of all things walking throughout the city will take place from 1st to 31st May 2022, we look forward to being able to promote a wealth of in-person walking related events and activities, self-guided walking routes and challenges, and much more throughout the national walking month of May.

Events and activities will cover a wide range including walks, tours, talks, workshops, family events and taster sessions and will be around the themes of art, education, food, sport, history, architecture, wildlife and nature, or anything else a walk could cover!

The full line-up for Bristol Walk Fest 2022 is due to be unveiled around the start of April where you will find a packed calendar and details of how to book. In the meantime keep up to date via BWF social media pages or visit www.bristolwalkfest.com