Residents on Holmefield Road, Aigburth Hall Avenue and nearby still report horrendous problems with the new Tesco store. Frankly its not good enough. Tesco say they want to be a good neighbour but I really don't know what they mean.
As part of our work to deal with this, Richard and I and Tina Gould (councillor for the next door ward) are meeting traffic officers and police tomorrow.
We are also highlighting this at next week's environment committee. Tina and I have written a formal motion on the situation. The motion, which is on the agenda for the committee meeting on the 15th, is pasted below.
To consider the following Motion by Councillors Paula Keaveney and
Tina Gould;
Committee notes the problems of residents living near to Tesco on Holmefield Road of delivery trucks on a residential street.
Committee also notes that despite assurances from Tesco PLC, deliveries to this store are being made outside of the agreed 7am-9am & 7pm-9pm Monday-Saturday, and 9am - 12noon on Sundays and bank holidays. The earliest delivery being at 6.10 am over the weekend of 3rd and 4th of March.
Committee recognises the disruption and intrusion this is causing to the residents through noise pollution.
Committee calls for urgent action by the Member for Environment and Climate Change and Environmental Health to contact Tesco and their sub contractors to ensure they adhere to the delivery times to reduce the noise pollution and disruption to local residents.
Wednesday, 7 March 2012
Whithedge Road/Brodie Avenue junction - is change needed?
Richard and I have a motion to the City Council about the junction at Whitehedge Road, Brodie Avenue, Long Lane and Greenhill Road .
There've been quite a few accidents at this junction (residents report two in the last few days plus a near miss this morning)
When I was calling on people in Whitehedge Road recently some felt the junction design was causing the problem. People also felt that speeding was an issue.
Anyway, Richard and I are keen to get this looked into - hence the motion.
It won't be debated (the Council rules only really allow seven motions to be discussed at each meeting) but now it is formally in the system it will get an answer and we hope to use this to get action.
The motion is pasted below. It has to be in this somewhat formal language in places.
"Road safety in L19 by Councillors Paula Keaveney and Richard Oglethorpe
The junction of Whitehedge Road, Brodie Avenue, Long Lane and Greenhill Road, L19 is a tiny roundabout.
Residents near the junction have reported that a series of accidents have taken place as motorists attempt to negotiate the roundabout. It seems that the design of the roundabout may be at fault.
Given these accidents and the likelihood of more, Council calls for an investigation into the design of the roundabout and a speed check on the roads approaching it.
Should the design prove faulty, Council requests the Cabinet Member for Regeneration and Transport carry out any necessary alterations.
Should speeding be an obvious problem, Council requests the Cabinet member for Regeneration and Transport to consider the installation of a speed indicator device or devices to persuade motorists to slow down."
There've been quite a few accidents at this junction (residents report two in the last few days plus a near miss this morning)
When I was calling on people in Whitehedge Road recently some felt the junction design was causing the problem. People also felt that speeding was an issue.
Anyway, Richard and I are keen to get this looked into - hence the motion.
It won't be debated (the Council rules only really allow seven motions to be discussed at each meeting) but now it is formally in the system it will get an answer and we hope to use this to get action.
The motion is pasted below. It has to be in this somewhat formal language in places.
"Road safety in L19 by Councillors Paula Keaveney and Richard Oglethorpe
The junction of Whitehedge Road, Brodie Avenue, Long Lane and Greenhill Road, L19 is a tiny roundabout.
Residents near the junction have reported that a series of accidents have taken place as motorists attempt to negotiate the roundabout. It seems that the design of the roundabout may be at fault.
Given these accidents and the likelihood of more, Council calls for an investigation into the design of the roundabout and a speed check on the roads approaching it.
Should the design prove faulty, Council requests the Cabinet Member for Regeneration and Transport carry out any necessary alterations.
Should speeding be an obvious problem, Council requests the Cabinet member for Regeneration and Transport to consider the installation of a speed indicator device or devices to persuade motorists to slow down."
Tuesday, 6 March 2012
Will there be no women candidates?
As we get more press coverage on the various mayoral candidates in Liverpool, both for political parties and independents, one unfortunate thing is becoming clear.
We may well have not a single female candidate.
Now I feel a bit guilty writing that as I could very well have made sure there was one. I had to decide whether to try to be the Lib Dem candidate and I decided in the end to focus on my ward,Cressington.
I think this was the right decision for me. I also think standing in two elections at once (unless its unavoidable) is wrong.
That doesn't stop me worrying though about what we are saying about our City if the line up is completely male.
Don't get me wrong, there are some high calibre people already in the race and I will certainly be campaigning for the Lib Dem standard bearer Richard Kemp. He has already published some great stuff about the need to make Liverpool the Green Capital of Europe. And he has launched a website at
http://www.kemp4mayor.org.uk/
But it doesn't help us encourage young women to think about politics as something that's "for them" if what they see is not "like them".
Now there may well be a woman somewhere who hasn't said anything yet but who is about to "declare". But there are no signs of it yet.
We may well have not a single female candidate.
Now I feel a bit guilty writing that as I could very well have made sure there was one. I had to decide whether to try to be the Lib Dem candidate and I decided in the end to focus on my ward,Cressington.
I think this was the right decision for me. I also think standing in two elections at once (unless its unavoidable) is wrong.
That doesn't stop me worrying though about what we are saying about our City if the line up is completely male.
Don't get me wrong, there are some high calibre people already in the race and I will certainly be campaigning for the Lib Dem standard bearer Richard Kemp. He has already published some great stuff about the need to make Liverpool the Green Capital of Europe. And he has launched a website at
http://www.kemp4mayor.org.uk/
But it doesn't help us encourage young women to think about politics as something that's "for them" if what they see is not "like them".
Now there may well be a woman somewhere who hasn't said anything yet but who is about to "declare". But there are no signs of it yet.
Monday, 5 March 2012
Long Lane - about to bloom
The planters at the end of Long Lane are about to have plants in them!
Some time ago I got the planters donated (big thanks to Enterprise Liverpool) as part of trying to tidy up and brighten up that general area.
We've also found some money to get plants (sort of important for planters)
Now local environmental charity Rotters and a group of volunteers are looking to start putting the plants in around the middle of this month.
Some time ago I got the planters donated (big thanks to Enterprise Liverpool) as part of trying to tidy up and brighten up that general area.
We've also found some money to get plants (sort of important for planters)
Now local environmental charity Rotters and a group of volunteers are looking to start putting the plants in around the middle of this month.
Another way of recycling
A plug for the Liverpool Freegle group.
Freegle (which some may know as Freecycle) is a scheme which involves people who don't want things giving them to people who do. So, for example, if I have a table which is reasonably OK I post details of it with group members and then someone who needs a table gets in touch and collects it. It's another way of recycling and helps avoid things getting chucked away.
Anyway, the national Freegle lot have been shortlisted for the national climate week awards. They'll hear whether they've won next week.
But this seems as good a time as any to give the Liverpool group a mention.
You can find out more about them here.https://direct.ilovefreegle.org/main.php?action=look&groupid=202
Freegle (which some may know as Freecycle) is a scheme which involves people who don't want things giving them to people who do. So, for example, if I have a table which is reasonably OK I post details of it with group members and then someone who needs a table gets in touch and collects it. It's another way of recycling and helps avoid things getting chucked away.
Anyway, the national Freegle lot have been shortlisted for the national climate week awards. They'll hear whether they've won next week.
But this seems as good a time as any to give the Liverpool group a mention.
You can find out more about them here.https://direct.ilovefreegle.org/main.php?action=look&groupid=202
Friday, 2 March 2012
Subscribing to bulletins
I do a regular e mail bulletin of local news. Its mainly about the Cressington ward but it covers neighbouring areas too as people don't suddenly switch off when they cross an electoral boundary!
You can subscribe at this link.
You can subscribe at this link.
Thursday, 1 March 2012
Update on Tescos
Along with Mossley Hill Lib Dem Councillor Tina Gould I have been badgering both Tesco and the Council's highways and parking people about the problems caused by the massive lorries (see earlier post)
We have now had a reply from Tesco and the vehicles they use will get smaller and in fact should be 8 metre vans soon as opposed to articulated lorries. (Of course they did tell us all along that they would be using smaller vans so what is happening is really only them doing what they said)
They are also going to restrict the delivery times so that residents don't have lorries coming and going right through the day.
Personally I still think there's lots that needs to be done to sort out the various problems but at least it is a move in the right direction.
We have now had a reply from Tesco and the vehicles they use will get smaller and in fact should be 8 metre vans soon as opposed to articulated lorries. (Of course they did tell us all along that they would be using smaller vans so what is happening is really only them doing what they said)
They are also going to restrict the delivery times so that residents don't have lorries coming and going right through the day.
Personally I still think there's lots that needs to be done to sort out the various problems but at least it is a move in the right direction.
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