I'm pleased to say that it looks as though my campaign to make Bede Walk, off Northumberland Avenue, a safer more pleasant place to live is finally getting somewhere.
I have been in close touch with residents living there over the past year about a range of issues which have caused them frustration:from flooding to flytipping. Residents have been very supportive, sending emails to officers and signing petitions to help get things need to be done.
Last week officers confirmed that funding is likely to be made available for 6 additional lighting columns on the Walk, as well as an anti-cycle barrier (mini-motos have been an ongoing problem).
This is fantastic news.
After a fair amount of nagging on my part I'm also pleased to report that the vandalised alley-gates have been repaired. Glenn visited the area with officers and residents this week - we would prefer to see a different type of alley-gate used (preferably not one that can be opened without a key on a regular basis!)
We are still pressing RBC to come up with a more permanent solution to repeated fly-tipping at the end of the Walk. I have written once again to Reading Girls School asking them to sort out their hedge - both to reduce littering, and to make the Walk feel safer. They had promised to do this as part of the development of their Post-16 centre, which I blogged in January. I really hope it happens.
One thing I do still need to do is get RBC to improve signage on the Walk: at the moment there are no signs to tell people where it is and this is proving frustrating for residents awaiting deliveries etc!
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