The local Public Realm Inspector will attend the meeting to provide an update on matters raised at the last committee meetings. Councillors and Members of the public are invited to raise issues affecting local environmental quality.
Minutes:
Carolyn Turner, Public Realm Inspector, attended the meeting to answer questions from councillors and members of the public in relation to highway and environmental quality issues within the area represented by the Stepping Hill Area Committee.
The following additional update was provided:-
· Highway inspections were ongoing. Resurfacing was taking place on London Road.
· The Great British Spring Clean events were postponed on the weekend of 2/4 March 2017 due to the inclement weather.
· The Community Payback crew had cleared litter from Cow Lane. They had also been tasked with clearing the verge on Sanderling Road.
· The Gully Cleansing team had cleared the main Offerton and Hazel Grove routes. Stepping Hill ward would be completed in the coming months. Ad-hoc cleansing had been done as appropriate at individual sites, including Woodsmoor Lane.
· As part of a campaign to tackle dog fouling “We are watching you” signs had been moved to new location on Douglas Road, Eden Road, Sundial Road and Peregrine Road.
· Because of the snow and cold weather, street cleansing had been scaled back to focus on gritting. There was a programme of litter bin replacement on the A6 through Hazel Grove. 11 receptacles had been identified as damaged and would be replaced.
· Carriageway resurfacing was taking place on London Road between the Civic Hall and Chester Road (night working); planned works on Chester Road between Jackson’s Lane and the Cheshire Boundary and following that at the junction with Jacksons Lane and Dean Lane, which would require road closures and diversions overnight; Southwood Road during the Easter Holidays, including gulley cleansing; resurfacing of Bean Leach resurfacing between pinch point and play park was planned although no date had yet been set; footway resurfacing had been completed on Beech Avenue although follow-up works were required.
· A report of waste accumulation on a roof of a public house in Hazel Grove had been received and resolved.
· A Formal Notice had been served on a business in Hazel Street, Hazel Grove for inappropriate disposal of their waste.
· The resurfacing of the grass verge on Dial Park Road had been completed.
The following additional issues were raised:-
· The was fly tipping near the shops on Fulmar Road behind the dentist.
· Potholes had developed on Fulmar Road near junction of Poisebrook Drive; Marple Road near Holiday Lane; Kelbrook Court, Lisburne Lane near fire station; Shearwater Road approaching the junction with Marple Road; Bean Leach Road near the junction with Marple Road.
· Problem hedges on the corner of Sanderling Road opposite Brambling Close.
· An update was sought on the request to jet the land drain on Knypersley Avenue.
· A request was made that the site of the demolished garages on Stansbury Place be kept as parking area.
· Swanage Avenue was to be resurface as part of the redevelopment of the Dialstone Centre but this had not yet happened.
· There were two non-functioning street lamps on Marple Road (plc71 & plc72)
· An update was sought on the works agreed to covert verges to laybys on Lisburn Lane.
· The surface of Crosswaite Road surface was deteriorating significantly.
· Reports received of standing water on Bean Leach Road, possibly caused by the snow melting.
· A request was made for a grit bin at the end of Bean Leach Road near the junction with Marple Road.
· Clarification on the timing for the resurfacing of Chester Rd from Station Road to Grundey Street as there were urgent repair needs to make this section safe.
· Potholes had developed on Alma Road and Garthland Road.
· There was a damaged traffic signal on the A6 on north bound approach to the junction with Mill Street.
· The ‘no entry’ sign on Chapel Street was missing.
· Clarification was sought on when the barriers outside The Grapes Public House on the A6 be replaced.
· There were concerns about the condition of the footways on the A6 outside the memorial gardens, especially around flagged area.
· The street light outside no. 42 Darley Rd was non-functional and the one outside no. 19 Darley Rd was emitting a buzzing noise.
· The footway on Mostyn Road near to the Boscombe junction had been crushed and was in need of repair. The junction of Moorland Road and Woodsmoor Lane was also in need of attention as it had surface cracking.
· There was a dangerous fire hydrant outside no. 50 Mostyn Rd.
· In relation to the shops on Arundale Avenue, there were instances of refuse being incorrectly presented; a sapling had been damaged; a street light has been knocked over prior to Christmas.
· There was a pothole requiring attention on The Crescent near Crescent Close.
RESOLVED – That Carolyn Turner be thanked for her attendance and presentation.