Five-year Quedgeley footpath battle is finally over
A FIVE-YEAR battle to improve a popular Quedgeley footpath will come to an end tomorrow when work gets underway to revamp it.
The footpath between St James doctor's surgery and Church Drive is a popular route for residents who want to reach Tesco or the medical facilities.
Work is about to get started on turning the rough path into a compacted stone walkway.
The resurfacing work is thanks to Reverend John Ward, the new rector at St James Church, who backed Quedgeley county councillor Jackie Hall's long campaign for work to start.
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Mr Ward, whose vicarage is adjacent to the path, said: "It will be nice to see it looking presentable for the large numbers of people who use the path."
Mrs Hall said: "This footpath is a shortcut to all of the facilities so it is well-used. One of the challenges we have had in getting this work done was to identify who owns which pieces of land."
The footpath will now veer slightly to the right to avoid church-owned land, something which had been a sticking point with the Diocese.
Mr Ward's backing of the proposed changes has helped to quicken the process.
The improvements were initially going to be made as part of the adjacent site's transformation into a sheltered housing scheme by Gloucester City Council, but Mrs Hall persuaded council bosses to get on with the work after that scheme stalled.
The work is expected to be finished by Gloucestershire County Council highway officers by Friday, until which time the footpath will be closed to the public.
Quedgeley parish councillors have welcomed the new footpath which has been a recurring issue at meetings over the years.
Vice-chairman Councillor Graham Smith has called for the kissing gate to be removed and replaced with a disabled friendly access point.
But chairman Councillor Anna Mozul said: "Let's just get the resurfacing done first. We've waited long enough."
Comments
by quedgeleypc
Thursday, October 25 2012, 10:41AM
“Regarding the comments made by "Hoddo" relating to the article on fixing of pavements in School Lane, Quedgeley.
Quedgeley Parish Council are always keen to hear of any concerns regarding roads, pathways, potholes etc within the community as we can either make contact with those responsible and apply pressure to rectify or refer you to the helpline in order to report the problem personally. Regarding the footpath mentioned in this article, there have been many discussions and positive joint working between Gloucestershire County Council who own this pathway and Quedgeley Parish Council, in order to finally achieve the improvements we need for this popular footpath in Quedgeley and whilst the time scales involved are longer than the QPC would have preferred, it is not through lack of effort on our part in applying pressure to get this completed. QPC are delighted that with the backing of Fr John Ward, this matter has finally been resolved and work for the benefit of the Quedgeley Community can finally be completed.
Regarding the issue of the Fireworks Display, this is put on for the benefit of the Quedgeley Residents and regular feedback from our residents and indeed current selling of tickets indicates this event is proving to be highly popular, attended by vast numbers of the community and in this current climate still highly cost effective. The date for this event this year is Saturday 10th November 2012 and starts at 7.00pm. The dog show also mentioned in this article which again has proved to be a very popular event is free to the residents, prizes donated kindly by various organisations and a lot of voluntary time given by both Councillors and Staff.
Quedgeley Parish Council would urge anyone who has concerns over public spending to refer to the Quedgeley Parish Council's Newsletters where open accounts can be viewed. The Council's accounts are subject to regular audit and all records transparent to the public. Further information on this can be found on our website under Financial Regulations.
Also, all meetings are open to the public, dates and times are on all of our notice boards and website, so why not attend a meeting and see all the hard work that Councillors and Staff do.”
by sam291
Wednesday, October 24 2012, 9:18PM
“I am rather surprised with what "Hoddo" is saying above, it seems he has some sort of grudge!! I would like to say that my family and children find all the events held at Quedgeley really good, where can you go these days without having to fork out a lot of money.
My kids really enjoy the dog show as they can go in the ring and show off our dog, and really enjoy it when they win a prize, so I do not know why you seem to have a problem with dogs..
also can you explain what you mean by "Dertain"?
Regarding your comments about yappy little dogs they are all different size dogs and well behaved and are not yappy as you say, its a brillant day (I do not suppose you have a dog? or is he a yappy one? Have you been to the dog show? have you been to any events held, or are you just having a good moan because you have nothing better to do? Maybe you should get a life!!!
Regarding the fireworks we always go to all events, and the children especially enjoy the firework display, which is better then the docks and cost much less then the docks, and there entry fee is the same this year as last year, and not expensive like the one heldin Gloucester.
This also means that we can walk to this without having to find a car park.
I would like to say that The Parish Council do an excellant job with the events and all I say is keep up the good work, you always get one moaner who is sad and wants to spoil things for the majority, oh yes maybe you would like to know the date of this years fire works, it is on Saturday 10 November 2012 why not get out of the house and enjoy yourself for a change.....”
by Hoddo
Tuesday, October 23 2012, 11:48AM
“As a former resident of Quedgeley is it not about time to honestly think about fixing up the school lane pavement? Which Anna Mozul has been repeatedly putting off for years, it has been on the Parish Council agenda and it gets skipped over time and time again.
We talk about getting the disabled friendly gate put in place down this alleyway however the elderly and disabled people have issues just walking down School Lane and the adjacent roads by it just to get to said alley way.
School Lane is used by thousands of cars, the elderly, school pupils and residents of various abilities and disabilities every day, but just taking a walk down School Lane and we see un-level floors, cracked surfaces and potholes everywhere.
The Quedgeley Councillors and Parish Councillors, especially Anna Mozul who headed up the Parish for years needs to get their priorities right; Quedgeley Parish Council has a pretty healthy budget and yet are so quick to use it to run dog shows (which surprise, surprise was put forward by a dertain dog-loving Councillor) and trim ugly bushes by council members houses.
During these cash-strapped times the money should be used to make our lives easier not for pretty firework displays, little fun fairs and to show off yappy little dogs.
It's no wonder they don't openly advertise how they spend the Parish Budget even though two prior members were pushing for it to be more transparent, it will probably show a weave of self-serving exercises by members. Quedgeley needs a huge change especially as it's slowly becoming a new town and self-sufficient in its own rights.”