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Put proposals for Thornbury High Street to one side at least until June 2022,
This an email sent to South Gloucestershire Councillors on 18th January 2022 Withdraw or Delay application to WECA We believe the SGC Business Case for Thornbury High Street may be on the Agenda for the WECA meeting on Friday 28th January 2022 We request the...
Last Chance to Save Thornbury High Street
Decision Meeting regarding Funding for Thornbury High Street on 28th January We understand that there is a meeting of West of England Combined Authority (WECA) on Friday 28th January 2022 at which South Gloucestershire Council’s (SGC) Business Case for...
Where are we now?
This is an article sent to ThornburyVoice hopefully for inclusion in the February edition There is now very little time before the West of England Combined Authority meeting, at which Dan Norris the Metro Mayor of WECA, must make a decision on whether to release to...
copy of email to Metro Mayor sent on 10th January 2022
Good Morning, Changes to Thornbury High Street being imposed by South Gloucestershire Council (SGC) Thank you for your interesting and encouraging email sent to us on 24th December 2021, which was in response to our earlier email of 6th December 2021 and subsequent...
copy of response from SGC on 24th December 2021 to to our first FOI request
Extract of email from South Gloucestershire Council in response to our first Treedom of Information request Received on 24th December 2021 RE: ENVIRONMENTAL INFORMATION REQUEST Thank you for your request for information received on 28th October 2021. Further to our...
Acknowledgements – Dan Norris 24th December 2021 and Luke Hall 23rd Decemebr 2021
Copy of email from Dan Norris - Metro Mayor for the West of England, received on 24th December 2021 in response to our emails of 6th & 13th December 2021 Re: Thornbury High Street - Please reject SGC Business Case (Case Ref: WE286) Thank you for your email regarding...
email to Metro Mayor sent on 6th Decemebr 2021
Closure of Thornbury High Street Since I first wrote to you on behalf of the Residents Association on 8th November 2020 we have become increasingly concerned about the manner in which the Closure of Thornbury High Street has been dealt with by South Gloucestershire...
Letter to WECA – Full, Thorough and Fair Consultation
These are extracts form our letter to WECA dated 13th December 2021 SGC need to go back to the beginning and have proper full, thorough and fair Consultations and Engagement with the Community Not just for the peripheral things that were up for discussion recently...
Are buses really returning 365 days of the year?
It would appear that despite the announcement in mid November they had not even contacted the bus companies about services returning
Nor have they consulted or agreed on the location of the bus stop and stand or thought about the raised kerb, bus shelter and digital information board
Also SGC have not confirmed that all buses will be able to return
More questions than answers
It was disappointing that the detailed layout plans for the High Street were not available for examination on the day; only “artists’ impressions”. Not a well-organised start. It was also disappointing to discover the extent to which firm future plans for the centre of Thornbury had not yet been formulate