It's Party Time!
June,
July & August are the top time for street parties in Hotwells &
Cliftonwood. Most are happy to receive visitors from other parts of the
neighbourhood, especially if they bring some food & drink. A great
way to meet people and enjoy some free entertainment.
See the What's On page for details.....
Neighbourhood Traffic Strategy launched
A
simple questionnaire was circulated in April 2008 which asked people in
Hotwells & Cliftonwood to identify the journeys they regularly undertake
and the traffic danger spots and obstructions in our local area. Local
residents Richard Walker and Paul Walker-Jones have analysed 120 responses
to this survey and used them to map the top ten traffic hotspots. This
information was used to develop a Traffic Strategy which proposes a variety
of solutions to alleviate the worst problems. Some of these, like speed
restrictions in residential streets would be relatively simple and inexpensive
to implement. Other ideas involve major engineering to rationalise traffic
flow and reduce the impact on the quality of life for local people of
the large volumes of vehicles that pass through Hotwells every day.
Richard & Paul’s ideas, which have the full support of the Community Association are innovative and inspiring. They could provide our area with a development framework for years to come.
You can view or download the full report at http://www.urbanized.co.uk/oindex.html (click on the ‘downloads’ option). Any feedback you can give the Community Association, good or bad, to refine these proposals would be very much appreciated. E-mail: admin@hotwellscliftonwood.org.uk.
Aliens land at Junction Lock
Here
is the box housing the controls for the new lock machinery at Junction
Lock. Note how it perfectly complements the historic pump house (which,
ironically, once housed an earlier generation of machinery for operating
the lock gates). For good measure, there is an identical alien space craft
on the other side of the lock, adjacent to the historic dock cottages
of 1831. Is this what happens when you let engineers design a building.
I hope no architect was involved but it would be interesting to know who
passed these plans and how they could have felt they were remotely acceptable.
It seems our City planners are living on another planet.