It was worrying to hear that the desilting works have been put back to the autumn, because the few days work that were done on the pond at the North End have made such a mess. It also seems that silt has to lie about for months to ‘dewater’ before it is taken away. The upshot of this is that it seems that the Park is going to look a serious mess for the foreseeable future. The present mud must lie until the summer. If works begin again in the Autumn as planned then we will have mud lying all next winter. This means that the Park will not get back to anything like a good state for more than a year. This feels like a serious loss of amenity.

Thanks for your comments so far. The stagnant ditch pictured here is clearly a concern. I gather it is not a proper stream but just drains from houses in the lane.

Some people are also worried about the tyre tracks appearing on the edge of the path particularly at the rise on the way to the shopping centre where it may be that the council van is taking a short cut rather than removing the bollard. Again – picture here.

I am wondering if you would  like us to host a public meeting to hear some response from South Glos to the various concerns? I realise that there are different opinions about it all, but it would allow us to listen to one another and get more detail on what is planned. What do you think? I will call one if you want it.

Chris