Feedback from Councillor Stan Smith  on January road closures impacting Prestbury: Monday 13th January: A road closure will be in place on the Wellington Road / A435 Evesham Road junction between 8pm and 6am to install a temporary mini roundabout on the junction. From 6am on Tuesday 14th January: the permanent traffic signals will be deactivated, and the temporary roundabout will be in operation. Tuesday 21st January – Friday 24th January: The previously scheduled road closures on the A435 Evesham…

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As we race towards the end of 2024 I want to, firstly, take this opportunity to wish everyone a Merry Christmas and a Very Happy New Year from Sheila and me. In addition to the usual discussions and meetings, here are some of the matters I and PAB have been working on recently: – Evesham Rd roadworks (by the GWR station). Met with the Highways Dept to enquire about timings. This is a big job, a 14 week full closure…

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Councillor Stan Smith highlights to readers the closure of A435 Evesham Road for repairs near the Race Course. More details of his conversation with Gloucestershire Live in the link below: https://www.gloucestershirelive.co.uk/news/cheltenham-news/traffic-chaos-fears-collapsing-road-9663061  

Feedback from Stan Smith regarding the following road closure in Prestbury: High Street, Prestbury from Baytree Court up to the mini-roundabout at the junction of Noverton Lane & B4632. This road will be closed (including no waiting and no loading during all of the works and footway closure) on Monday 21st October between 09:30 & 15:30 to allow for a crane to remove a 40ft tree. Emergency and pedestrian access will not be maintained. There will be a pedestrian walkway…

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Another month filled with lots of meetings both in council and around the ward. Here are just a few of the matters I have been involved with. I have just finished a course on speed cameras so I can go around the ward doing checks, but I have to wait for police clearance first. Idsall Drive car park is now about to start being developed, with a five-bedroom, five en-suite bathroom house.  The local residents are not too happy about…

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Doesn’t time fly, since the May election I have not had as much free time as I would have liked to walk round the whole Ward. There have been some big projects getting under way and I have been working hard on them, but there are still many smaller, local matters I am involved in pursuing – the grass verges in Southam Road, between Shaw Green Lane and Laxton Meadow, I thanked the Highways Department for cutting the verges, but…

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Thanks again to Les Godwin for the latest PAB bi-monthly News Sheet.  Click to access Click to access PAB_Members_News_Sheet_No-17_August_2024.pdf