Southfield Road Park was a project that was started many years ago. The Ainsley Residents Association, Robert Shaw School and the Lib Dem Councillors at the time, Gary Long and Alex Foster, wanted to get this field back in to use. After a lot of time spent working with the council and finding the funds […]

The Council are taking action about parking on Trentham Drive, at last. Focus Team member Michael Thomas said “I am pleased that something is happening but I I am far from sure the Council are getting this right.” The Council are proposing single yellow lines on Trentham Drive, Trentham Gardens, Cheslyn Drive, Shepherds Wood Drive, […]

The local Lib Dem Focus Team have reported the following issues, raised by local residents, to the Council: • Road & pavement resurfacing needed on Manville Close. • Problems with street cleaning on Grannis Drive and Walesby Drive. • On Ennismore Gardens the pavements need resurfacing and yellow lines at the junction with Beechdale Road […]

Rat running, speeding and parking issues have all been problems on Chadwick Road for many years. They were made a lot worse when the Council made changes to the junction of Bobbers Mill Road and Alfreton Road. Since then the amount of traffic has gone up. The Focus Team have been told that now nearly […]

Complaints about trees needing cutting back have been sprouting up all over the the place! The Focus Team reported trees on Robins Wood Road (between 31 + 37), Melbourne Park backing onto Staindale Drive, and in the ‘island’ on Manville Close. Overgrown bushes on the alleyway from Southwold Drive to Radford Bridge Road make it […]

Local residents have told Saghir Akhtar about parking problems, during the day on Homefield and Leacroft Roads, at both Nuthall Road and Aspley Lane ends. This has been a problem for some years and the Focus Team will contact both roads to see what local folks want done. UPDATE – After surveying the residents of both […]

The Focus Team have been out and about over the summer. Given the bad weather it is not surprising that there are plenty of problems with flooding. Saghir Akhtar has meet with residents on Redbourne Drive where better drains are needed at the junction with Beechdale Road, Ennismore Gardens which suffers from poor drainage and been told of […]

A new report has shown that Nottingham has the most empty shops in the country. Why are there more boarded-up shops in Nottingham than anywhere else? Alison Rouse said “Nottingham City Council say they don’t agree with the figures in the report because some of the streets included areas outside the city centre. It doesn’t […]

Footpath Cleaning The Focus Team have asked the Council to make sure the footpath from Greendale Gardens to Aspley Lane is cleaned regularly. Trentham Drive – Exit Local residents have told Saghir Akhtar there are visibility problems exiting Trentham Drive onto Aspley Lane (on left as exit). She has asked the Council to extend the […]

Complaints about trees needing cutting back have been sprouting up all over the the place! The Focus Team reported trees on Robins Wood Road (between 31 + 37), Melbourne Park backing onto Staindale Drive, and in the ‘island’ on Manville Close. Overgrown bushes on the alleyway from Southwold Drive to Radford Bridge Road make it […]