Residents' Update:
Sunday 12th June 2016
Dear All,
This week’s update includes:-
Holyhead Road on Thursday 9th June at 10pm?; Google Maps Misleading for Whitley Bridge Slip Road; Travellers at Ashington Grove Playing Fields; Whitley Bridge – Illegal Left Turn Survey; A45/A46 Tollbar Road Closure; Berendsen on London Road ; Upcoming Works in our Area; Libraries Events; Positive Images Festival Receives Award; Age-friendly Coventry Transport Workshop; Partnership for Coventry Conference; Longford Park to Host Cycling Festival; Scrutiny Facebook Page; Hope in Unity; Launch of Strategic Economic Plan; One Life One Body; Coventry Pride Storytime; Celebrate the Queen's birthday; Mela in the city!; Grants Available for Community Projects; Trial Success with Call Blocking Device; Scams & Product Recall; Diary; Useful Links. And Finally
Holyhead Road on Thursday 9th June at 10pm?
Were you driving along the Holyhead Road on Thursday 9th June at about 10pm?
You may have important information with respect to a fatal stabbing
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Google Maps Misleading for Whitley Bridge Slip Road
Several residents have asked us for the location of this “Illegal Left Turn”, so we resorted to Google Maps as an easy way of explaining. However, we discovered that the map is rather misleading. The location of one of their arrows gives the impression that you can turn left at the top of the new slip road.
Roger informed officers of our findings & received this response from Ian Lewis, Senior Programme Manager
I do note the plan as shown on Google, however the arrows are only provided by Google where there is a designated one way flow of traffic and not turning movements so as I would read it the arrows show the one way traffic flow entrance and exit over the new bridge. This could be confusing to some users but the signage as on site would provide the necessary information.
I will say my previous dealings with Google on asking for changes at other locations in the UK have not been easy.
Travellers at Ashington Grove Playing Fields
Received 6th June from Anthony Molloy, City Services
I can confirm that the gates have been secured and the clean-up works have commenced. There are a lot of logs and branches at the bottom of the field and Streetpride staff will return tomorrow with JCB, Tractors and trailers to clear.
Officers are considering a height restriction barrier as a longer term solution to prevent this situation happening again.
Whitley Bridge – Illegal Left Turn - Second Survey
Compared to the previous week there were a lot more vehicles & they were queuing on the A444. 32% of the vehicles using the slip made an illegal turn compared to 18% last week. We witnessed 6 near misses as drivers in the right hand lane turned sharply left in front of those correctly turning towards JLR.
These are the results that Roger sent to officers:
Survey was carried out on Wednesday 8th June between 3.55pm & 5.05pm
- Vehicles in left lane turning correctly right - 200
- Vehicles in left lane turning an illegal left - 238
- Vehicles in right lane turning correctly right - 377
- Vehicles in right lane turning an illegal left - 45
- At least 35 drivers changed their minds on seeing us in hi-viz jackets
More took their chances as traffic built up on the bypass, while we also noticed that a lot of vehicles also used Leaf Lane.
A45/A46 Tollbar Improvement Scheme Road Closures
Friday, 10th June, 9pm until Monday, 13 June, 6am A45 Stonebridge Highway Eastbound Closed
Thursday 16th June (8pm to 6am) - A46 Coventry Eastern Bypass Southbound - Road Closure
Friday 17th June (8pm to 6am) - A46 Coventry Eastern Bypass Southbound - Road Closure
For the complete list of works visit
Highways website
Berendsen on London Road
At the Whitley residents meeting we were informed that the entrance to Berendsen was being cleared and that a car park was being laid for their visitors.
A few spaces were being allocated for the adjacent houses on London Road.
Upcoming Works or Road Closures in our Area
London Road (Jct Bar Road) – 31st May to 14th June – lane closure. Reason Repair of subsidence of heat line
Queen Isobels Avenue (various locations) Sundays 12th & 19th June (8am to 6pm) – Road Closure. Reason Plane & Patch
Cecily Road (jct Woodstock Rd to rear of Asda) – 24th June - Road Closure. Reason Plane & Patch
Sunbury Road (full length) – 27th June (off peak times only 9.30am to 3.30pm) - Road Closure. Reason Plane & Patch
Foresters Road (full length) – 29th to 30th June (off peak times only 9.30am to 3.30pm) - Road Closure. Reason Plane & Patch
Leamington Road ( jct of Humphrey Road until jct of Kenilworth Rd) – 1st to 3rd July – Road Closure during event hours. Reason Godiva Festival
Daventry Road (near Ulverscroft Rd) – 8th to 17th August - 4 Way Temporary Traffic Lights with Cones and Signs. Reason Large Diameter Gas main replacement
Cheylesmore, Finham & Willenhall Libraries Events
Cheylesmore Library Website
Finham Library Website
Willenhall Library Website
Positive Images Festival Receives Queen’s Award for Voluntary Service
Mehru Fitter MBE, Cheylesmore resident and Secretary of Positive Images Festival, shares exciting news with us:
Positive Images Festival, a community-led festival, has won a top accolade – the Queen’s Award for voluntary Service. The award, instituted in 2002 to celebrate the Queen’s Golden Jubilee, recognises excellence in volunteering.
Positive Images Festival made a modest beginning in 1995 as a one day Multicultural Book Fair, run jointly with the city’s library service. Since then it has grown prodigiously in size. It has a 200 plus membership. The 2015 Positive Images Festival attracted 17,201 visitors to its 150 plus events.
The Deputy Lieutenant of the West Midlands, who made the assessment, commented, “For three weeks each summer the Positive Images Festival celebrates the culture and traditions of Coventry’s varied communities while demonstrating that all are valued as citizens of one large community. The dedicated volunteers offer an impressive example of harmonious working; they are, individually and collectively, one of the most enthusiastic groups of volunteers that I have met. I am absolutely delighted that their hard work has been rewarded by this prestigious honour.”
“Positive Images Festival is a people’s festival, a festival to conquer people’s minds and win their hearts,” remarked Mehru. “Getting the Queen’s Award for Voluntary Service is a fantastic start to the 2016 festival.”
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Visit their
website for the programme of events taking place around the city from 11th to 30th June
Our Website
Our Website address is
www.cheylesmoreward.wix.com/teamcheylesmore. It contains our previous updates, parking scheme information & notices. It's best viewed on a laptop, tablet or PC.
Empty Boxes?
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Age-friendly Coventry Transport Workshop
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Partnership for Coventry Conference
On Thursday 16th June, the Partnership for Coventry will be hosting a conference to encourage input on a cultural strategy for Coventry.
It is no ordinary cultural strategy - it is an ambitious cultural strategy in evolution and will be grounded in research and rooted in the distinctiveness of Coventry as a place and population.
With support of Arts Council England, the Council has commissioned Warwick Business School to lead the process of developing a 10-year cultural strategy. The context for the work is both exciting and challenging.
Read more.
Longford Park to Host Second Cycling Festival
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Coventry City Council Scrutiny Facebook Page
Received from Gennie Holmes, Scrutiny Co-ordinator
Dear Members,
We have set up a Facebook page for Scrutiny. If you are a member of Facebook, please click on the link below and like our page. If you could encourage any community groups also on Facebook to like us too, it would help widen public participation in any scrutiny reviews we are doing.
https://www.facebook.com/covscrutiny/
Hope in Unity
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Launch of Strategic Economic Plan
Received from Martin Reeves, Chief Executive, on Friday 10th June
Today at the ICC in Birmingham the West Midlands Combined Authority (WMCA) launched its Strategic Economic Plan ‘Making our Mark – the West Midlands, the best region in the UK to do business’.
Please take the time to have a look at the plan on www.westmidlandscombinedauthority.org.uk you will find a short version of the plan, full plan, its technical appendices and some questions and answers about the plan.
The Shadow Combined Authority also had its AGM earlier today. We were hoping that the launch of the Strategic Economic Plan, alongside some important updates on the Mental Health Commission chaired by Norman Lamb MP, transport initiatives and the launch of a collective investment fund would coincide with the formal establishment (vesting) of the WMCA. Unfortunately the final stages of Parliamentary approval have not been completed so we will need to wait a little longer for the official go ahead.
As ever, I will keep you updated over the next few weeks – and get in touch if you want to share an opinion, idea or concern about where we have got to with the WMCA.
One Life One Body Coventry Pride Storytime
Celebrate the Queen's birthday at Charterhouse on Sunday 12th June
On
Sunday 12th June, people are being invited to celebrate the Queen's birthday with a picnic at the Charterhouse in London Road.
The event will take place from 12noon-4pm and is free.
Go along with your friends and family, take a picnic lunch and a rug and enjoy the gardens, nature trails for children, games and music.
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Various Grants are Available for Community Projects
Click here for an explanation of the grants and how to apply for them
Trading Standards Trial Success with Call Blocking Device
A trial project to install call blockers in the homes of vulnerable residents has been hailed a success after preventing over 1,000 scam phone calls over 12 weeks.
Coventry Trading Standards were participants in the national trial project to help protect vulnerable residents from scam and unwanted telephone calls while letting friends, family and legitimate callers through with a call blocking device. The device protects individuals from being identified and becoming the victims of telephone scams.
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Mela in the city!
At the Coventry Transport Museum on
Sunday 12th June from 10.30am - 4.30pm
Warning to Students - Phishing Scam
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Bogus Phone Calls Purporting to Come from HMRC
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Dates for your Diary
Thursday 16th June - Aviva Women Cycle Event. Stage 2 passes through Coventry.
More details here
Saturday 18th June - Sowe Valley Whitley Grove Woods Group tidy-up day. Meet at the end of the tarmac "road" on Folly Lane playing field near the entrance to the wood at 10am. They can provide bags, gloves and litter pickers. For more information email
juderobins@hotmail.com or phone 024 7630 4341
Friday 24th June 2pm to 4pm - Cheylesmore Good Neighbours will be having a talk on "Weaver's House - a hidden gem" by Mr Adrian Robinson, at Quinton Park Baptist Church Hall – (no religious connection).
Sunday 26th June 11am - 5pm Styvechale Open Gardens. Home made refreshments, plants for sale
Tickets on the day from West Orchard United Reformed Church, the Chesils CV3 6FP. Adults £3.50, children free. Local charity supported - the Air Ambulance Service. Everybody welcome.
Sunday 26th June 2pm to 3.30 - Bands in the Park - City of Coventry Corps of Drums will be performing in the War Memorial Park (Near to the Aviary)
Tuesday 5 July- 11.00am-12.30pm. Awaken the Arts at the Herbert Art Gallery & Museum. The session will look at some of the highlights from the collection including works by Stanley Spencer, David Bomberg, Joan Eardly and L.S.Lowry.. Sessions cost £5 per person Places are limited.
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And Finally Watch an
Old 8mm film that shows what Coventry and Warwickshire looked like over 80 years ago
Useful Links and Phone Numbers.
Age UK Coventry - Trusted Traders Scheme
Blood test locations to download a document listing the locations
Cheylesmore Parking Scheme Email:
parkingenforcement@coventry.gov.uk
Check if a Vehicle is Taxed
Check the MOT history of a vehicle
Community Activity Directory
Coventry Independent Advice Service
Crime Rates in the area
Disposal of Large or Bulky items
Dropped Kerb Information
European Health Insurance Card
General Online Safety Tips & Advice
Government Services
Noise Nuisance
Refuse Collection Information
Report Fly Tipping
Report Graffiti
Report a Missed Bin
Report a Pothole
Report a Street Light Fault
Reporting Untaxed and Abandoned Vehicles
Road Works
Scams & Warnings
School Closures
Parking Enforcement phone numbers
Misuse of a visitor pass - 024 7683 4367
Not sure a car has a permit 024 7683 4367
Change virtual visitors pass registration number - 0345 520 7007
Buy a new permit virtual & paper - 0345 520 7007
Query the status of a PCN (Penalty Charge Notices) - 024 7683 3400
Roger’s secretary - 024 7683 1101
