Second Consultation for the redevelopment of Torpoint Road, Kingswear Road and the College site on Marksbury Road

2nd Consultation for the redevelopment of Torpoint Road, Kingswear Road and the College site on Marksbury Road

>Date: Saturday, 18th April, 2009

>Time: 11.00am-3.00pm (drop-in event with presentations at 12 noon, 1.00pm and 2.00pm)

>Location: Reception, 1st Floor, City of Bristol College, Marksbury Rd

>Contact: Sean Griffiths, tel: 020 7251 6735, email: sean@fat.co.uk

>Description: Second open event in a series of three considering options for redevelopment of Kingswear Rd, Torpoint Rd & the Marksbury Rd College site. Architects FAT will present three redevelopment options and discuss the ideas behind them. Drawings will be on display and team members available throughout to discuss people's views and answer questions. Design proposals based on the most successful ideas will be presented to residents and stakeholders at a third consultation event in summer.

TravelSmart job vacancies in Knowle

Job vacancies
Change the way south Bristol travels

Sustrans, the UK’s leading sustainable transport charity, is recruiting a team of people to work on its TravelSmart project aimed at cutting car use in south Bristol. Jobs include:

Packing - £5.85 per hour
Approximately 2 hours per morning Monday - Friday
Assembly of travel information packs

Data entry & admin - £5.85 per hour
Up to 4 hours per day between 10am and 2pm Monday - Friday
Database work, filing and other administrative work

Delivery - £6.05 per hour
Approximately 4 hours per afternoon/evening Monday – Friday Delivery by bike of travel information packs to households

Home visit advisor - £11.50 per visit
Occasional afternoons and evenings Monday - Saturday
Home visits to households to provide advice on cycling, walking and/or public transport

Employment dates are May – June 2009. All jobs will be based from an office in Knowle.

For an information pack please contact Laura Bridges on 0117 926 8893 or email: jobs@sustrans.org.uk , quoting ref: NCN677V.

Closing date for applications: Thursday 26 March 2009

Newsletter on Bristol local food

Bristol's local food update: The newsletter on all things food in Bristol has been given a new look. The newsletter helps community groups and projects in Bristol to share information about what they're doing, to promote courses, events, training & skill-sharing, and advertise jobs & volunteering positions. The newsletter covers food issues from plot to plate, and in this issue, there are details of lots of "growing" courses in Bristol.

To have future issues of the newsletter delivered to your inbox, send an email to Claire Milne at claire.milne@bristol.gov.uk with a subscription request.

Or to download a copy, go to:http://www.bristollocalfood.co.uk/

20 mph for Knowle, and all of Bristol, in residential areas

20's Plenty For Us was formed in order to campaign for the implementation of 20 mph as the default speed limit on residential roads in the UK.

Research has shown that the vast majority of the public would like 20 mph on residential roads. Recent changes in Dept of Transport guidelines have relaxed the recommendations and in many residential areas 20 mph limits may be set without any physical measures at all.

Portsmouth have taken the initiative and implemented a default 20 mph speed limit throughout their town in all except main arterial routes.

http://www.20splentyforus.org.uk/

http://www.20splentyforbristol.org.uk/