Cycle Counts at the Fort St George 28 March

As in previous years the County Council will be undertaking pedestrian and cycle counts at the Mill Pond and by the Fort St George, Midsummer Common. There will be one vehicle parked on the sites most of the day, but they will have identification details displayed in the vehicle.

Date they will be on site:

Mill Lane Weir – Tue 26/03/2013
Fort St George – Thu 28/03/2013

Jesus Green Hedge Planting Update

During the tree consultation for Midsummer Common and Jesus Green in November 2010, it was agreed to make changes to the leylandii around the Jesus Green lido. This is an update of those works.

Having reduced the height of the leylandii around the swimming pool we will be planting a new hedge in front of the fence line (park side) with the intention of removing the leylandi once this has established. This work will be undertaken in the next few weeks.

This was work was approved as part of the tree consultation for Midsummer Common and Jesus Green in November 2010.

2013 Cam Cleanup – Reminder

This is a reminder that the 2013 Cam Cleanup will be taking place on Saturday 13 April from 10 am – 1 pm. We are once again calling for volunteers to give our much loved river a helping hand.

Last year more than 100 volunteers turned out for the event, filling many bags of rubbish, and we hope to exceed those numbers this year.

The cleanup will have much the same format as last year, with City Council staff placed on each of Sheep’s Green (near Mill Pond), Midsummer Common (near the Fort St George) and Stourbridge Common, to get volunteers started. City Council staff will hand out work gloves, litter pickers and litter bags.

We propose that volunteers meet up at the Fort St George after the cleanup to swap stories of the most outrageous items found.

If you are able to come, please confirm by emailing Andrea Reiner at andreareiner23@gmail.com, so that we have an idea of numbers. And please spread the word to other would-be volunteers! We hope to see many of you there.

The event is being organised by Mal Schofield, Becky Allen and Andrea Reiner.