Cllr Will Sandry was joined today by Cllr David Dixon (Walcot Ward) in First Avenue and Durley Park. We were asking residents about the impact the new St. Johns School had made in our community and any other local issues that were important.

Nearly everyone praised the design of the School, but there were concerns about inconsiderate (illegal) parking by some parents at 9am and 3pm. We have asked the Council’s Parking Enforcement Team to take action against any illegal parking.

We were also asking about how well the new 20mph zone was working on First Avenue. We had a mixed response. Some felt it was working fine, but others felt that there was a problem caused by just a few irresponsible drivers.

Nearly everyone mentioned the litter in the streets. We will see how we can work with the Council and SOMER to target their limited resources to improve litter picking.

When asked what was good about the area, the most common answers were the sense of community and Moorland Road shops.

Look out for us next week when we’ll be back on Second and Third Avenues and Oldfield Lane.