Feltham North 28/04/10

A lovely morning and I saw quite a few residents out and about.

Picked up some things to report.

1) Highways

Outside 133 Cygnet Avenue:

Near 145 Cygnet Avenue:

2) Graffiti

Outside 5 Central Parade, Sparrow Farm Drive:

3) Flytipping

At the rear of 5 Sparrow Farm Drive:

And, diagonally behind 9 Sparrow Farm Drive:

4) Hounslow Homes Carpark on Finch Drive

Near number 2:

Opposite number 9:

5) Slightly sloping Streetlight

Opposite 151 Cygnet Avenue:

Will report the above in the morning.

Tagging in Cygnet Avenue

I noticed the following earlier today (on the junction with Finch Drive):

Issues around Baber Drive & Hounslow Road

I have received an anonymous letter about three matters:

1. Dog mess on pavements and grass verge on Hounslow Road between the its junctions of with Baber Drive and Staines Road;
2. Vehicles such as refuse and fire remain unable to go down Baber Drive.  This is despite the introduction of yellow lines on the junction with Hounslow Road.
3. Reporting two Houses that are in Multiple Occupation.

With regards to the first and third, I have reported to the relevant department.  With regards to the second, I have asked for this to be looked into.

In addition to 1, I have also written to express concern about dog mess on pavements in The Drive, Beeston Way & Cygnet Avenue.  A couple of residents also raised with me when they saw me out and about.

Latest Feltham North leaflet

In the past 48 hours (mostly today) residents in The Dell, Harlington Road West, Clymping Dene, Walsham Road, Harlington Road East, Hounslow Road, Nursery Close, Fern Grove, Park Way, Cambria Court, Brainton Avenue, Durham Road, The Drive, Cygnet Avenue, Sparrow Farm Drive, Finch Drive, Chichester Way, Denham Road, Carlton Avenue, Viola Avenue, Byward Avenue, Baber Drive, Beeston Way, Field Road, Becketts Close, Lavender Court, Gardner Place, Lansbury Avenue, The Vale, Roman Close, Mill Way, Buckingham Avenue & Rosslyn Avenue will have received a leaflet from me.

Will post casework that I have picked up later.  In the meantime, please feel free to comment on the content.

Quick visit to Cygnet Avenue yesterday afternoon

I have received a complaint about bollards placed around the green between numbers 17 & 43.  In addition, a number came to the surgery yesterday morning that was covered by Gill Hutchison.  I had half an hour to pop around so did so.

Here is what I saw:

On the positive side:

1. The bollards are less intrusive than other bollards I have seen;
2. They will serve the intended purpose in preventing people from driving over the green.

On the negative side:

1. I would have preferred that Hounslow Homes had consulted tenants and residents;
2. There is certainly a parking problem at this location, some of the reasons for this are typical and some are specific to this location;
3. I am concerned about the lack of access for emergency vehicles.  I was informed that refuse was not collected for four weeks because of a lack of access – unfortunately no-one mentioned this to me until yesterday.

Typically Hounslow Homes does not support removing grassed areas for more parking and I understand the reasons why – I have never been critical.  I also understand the difficulty that Hounslow Homes are in for they (and we as local Councillors) do receive complaints about people driving over the grassed areas.  It is a very difficult situation.

However, there are some issues here and I hope that there is a solution that protects the green but also enables access without removing much needed parking capacity.

On my way there, I picked up the following:

Potholes outside 122 Hounslow Road, Feltham

Potholes in Carlton Avenue

Outside number 1:

There were more outside numbers 19, 21, 115 & 117.

Pothole between 23 & 45 Cygnet Avenue:

Do you live in Feltham or Hanworth?

Please read this.  It is an issue that is of huge local importance.  I urge everyone to feedback their comments as per the link.

Sparrow Farm Estate last Saturday

Been a lovely weekend, which is good but hard going when delivering leaflets.  As always, picked up a few things.  This first one was opposite 132 Cygnet Avenue and I will ask that this tagging be removed:

The following was taken by 159 Sparrow Farm Drive and the overgrowth needs to be cut back.  I will ask for this to be done and for the alley at the rear of 163 to 189 etc to be looked at also:

The nearest house to the following is 80 Sparrow Farm Drive.  I will ask for the overgrowth to be removed from and within the drain:

And, I took a look at the carpark between numbers 50 to 80 Sparrow Farm Drive.  It would be good if all the weeds at the edges could be removed: