This welcome addition to the Bath street scene is a collaboration between the Walcot Street Traders, Avon Wildlife Trust and Vegmead. The intention is to create green spaces all along Walcot Street. The first project has transformed the waste ground at the top of the entrance to the Cattle Market car park, to provide seating, […]
With growing season in full swing, the Transition Bath’s small community gardens scattered around Bath are flourishing. Gooseberries have all been picked and tomatoes are swelling nicely. Gardening sessions are fairly regular at Park Street (Sundays 11am-1pm, weather permitting, photo to left) and on an ad-hoc basis at Donkey Lane, Broad Street Place (YMCA courtyard) […]
CycleBath have been working on a proposal for improvements in cycling and walking infrastructure in Bath at the invite of the new cabinet member for transport, Mark Shelford. The 60 page proposal comes up with a list of relatively low cost short and medium term ideas to improve cycling and walking in Bath. As the […]
Holly Robarts, a second year student from Cardiff University is investigating the impact of fuel poverty in Bath, and is investing how local and national government is trying to reduce the issue. 12.4% of Bath residents were in fuel poverty in 2015, which is a relatively high figure for a prosperous area, and can lead […]
To meet demand from tenants HPH has invested £20K, plus a further £6K of government funding in providing electric car charging points following demand from its tenants. It has installed charging points in Kingsmead Square, at its car park in Monmouth Place and other local sites. Each charging point car charge up to 4 vehicles. […]
Plans for the Bathampton Meadows Park and Ride scheme have been scrapped after the council spent £3.3million on preparations for the project. Following a well organised campaign by a number of local groups over the last 2 years plans to build a Park and Ride to the east of Bath will no longer go ahead. […]
Scientists and engineers from the University of Bath have developed biodegradable cellulose microbeads from a sustainable source that could potentially replace harmful plastic ones that contribute to ocean pollution. Plastic microbeads used in cosmetics and toothpastes have been leaching via our river systems into our oceans, being ingested by wildlife and entering the food chain. […]
Bath & West Community Energy (BWCE) are refinancing a loan taken out to fund its first tranche of solar PV panels which were installed on 9 local schools and community buildings in 2011/2012. The bond which is available in an ISA wrapper (tax free interest payments on investments up to £20,000) aims to pay interest […]
After the withdrawal of the transport hustings from all the candidates, Transition Bath, Transition Larkhall and Cycle Bath requested a one to one interview with all candidates. They obliged. During the interviews we gave each candidate the chance to air their views on some of the main issues in Bath and what their plans were […]
Plain clothed police officers riding cycles on the Lower Bristol Road in Bath have been videoing and ‘re-educating’ motorists who cycle too close to cyclists on the road. Car drivers should leave at least 1.5 metres of space when over-taking cyclists, unfortunately many motorists ignore this guidance. Drivers caught driving too close were offered the […]