Have you seen Birmingham’s ‘Greenground Map’ featuring many of the green spaces around Stirchley?
The ‘Greenground Map’ is a design project by Helen Ilus in collaboration with Birmingham City Council and the Naturally Birmingham Project to map Birmingham’s green spaces into a creative network. The map includes parks, open spaces, nature reserves and woods – connected by waterways, canals and walking/cycling routes.
(We have received the below message from the council)
I’m contacting you to let you know that a special meeting has been arranged for residents to hear about applications made to the Commonwealth Games Celebrating Communities Fund.
It’s important that as many residents as possible join the meeting to hear the presentations and take part in the Q&A session and vote so if you could share the details with your neighbours and group it would be really helpful.
AGENDA
Welcome and Introductions – Karen Cheney
Ward Allocation – £14,300
Round 1 Amount Approved – £1,837
Amount Available for Round 2 – £12,463
Total Round 2 requests – £44,620
Applicants’ Presentations for Funding £1,001 – £5,000
Cotteridge Primary School – Mural – £2,000
Cotteridge Primary School – Community Sporting sessions for children and families – £2,500
Riverside Performance Arts – Productions of “Elmers Walk” shown locally – £4,950
Picture This Media CIC – Community Portrait (photographs and oral history – £4,500
Applicants’ Presentations for Funding £5,001 – £10,000
B’ham Bike Foundry – Local Bike maintenance sessions – £7,800
Hipkiss & Grainey – Local outdoor activities and arts sessions – £9,720
Kombat Martial Arts – Free outreach martial arts for young people in Stirchley – £10,000
Q & A session to all applicants
Applicants requested to leave meeting
Facilitated discussion between remaining attendees about each proposal
Summary of all proposals and requested amounts
Invitation for remaining attendees to vote for preferred project within each fund category, votes counted by show of hands
(This was received from the contractors, via the council)
Whilst there will be a Road Closure on the whole road, we will make every effort to allow residents and visitors including carers, deliveries etc to access addresses when possible and safe. Please speak to Traffic Management staff at the road closure points as they may ask you to wait or send you round another way. On some nights the below areas and junctions will be out of action for the reasons given in bold. We suggest you park elsewhere if possible, or leave/return before 7pm.
More information can be obtained by speaking to a site Supervisor who is identified by the wearing of a Black Safety Hat. Please use the below maps to work out if you can come & go, and if you need to turn Left or Right out of your address or Cul-de-Sac. Please do not park on the road in Cartland Road during the night. The service road is not being resurfaced, so you can park there. The road will be open as normal during the daytime. This work will continue at weekends – this is to reduce the length of time on this road.
Plane and Binder Course: 8 Nights Nights 1 & 2 Thu 10th & Fri 11th = Red Nights 3 & 4 Sat 12th & Sun 13th = Blue Nights 5 & 6 Mon 14th & Tue 15th = Yellow Nights 7 & 8 Wed 16th & Thu 17th = Purple
Civils: 9 Nights, Fri 18th to Sat 26th . Surface Course & Lining: 4 Nights Sun night 27th = Green Mon night 28th = Red Tue night 1st March = Brown Wed night 2nd March = Blue
Anti-skid: 2 Nights – Thu 3 rd & Fri 4th Mar Weekend: no work Loops: 2 Nights Mon 7th & Tue 8th Mar
Descriptions of phases of road construction
‘Plane’ is the term used for grinding up the old road surface and dumping it into a truck via an elevated conveyor belt. This process is noisy, dusty and smelly, it is also when access to properties will likely be disrupted or delayed.
‘Binder Course’ is laying hot tarmac, which is then rolled flat, this then needs to cool before being driven on, usually an hour or so. This is always completed immediately after the road has been planed and in the same working day/night in order to provide a temporary road surface to drive on, often with raised ironworks that signs warn of. This process will also cause delays accessing properties and can be noisy and smelly.
‘Civils’ is the Civil Engineering of resetting or replacing ironworks such as rain gullies and manhole covers, kerbstone repairs and replacements. This process involves noise from diggers but causes less disruption to accessing properties.
‘Surface Course’ is laying the top surface of hot tarmac which is then rolled flat and must cool before being driven on, usually 2-hours or so depending on the air temperature and weather conditions. The process looks the same as Binder Course. Some noise and smells occur and access to properties will be delayed.
‘Lining’ this is when the white and yellow lines are painted back in, such as centre lines, junction markings, double yellow lines, disabled bays & H bars, pedestrian crossings etc. This is a silent process and the paint dries instantly. Access to properties is usually not affected.
‘Anti-skid’ or ‘HFS’ is a High Friction Surface material applied over the Surface Course to prevent skidding in areas approaching junctions and pedestrian crossings. It is coloured red or buff depending on where it is used. This will involve a noisy heat treatment of the road surface prior to application and will cause disruption in these areas.
‘Loops’ are the detection pads that control traffic-lights, and these are cut into the finished Surface Course using a disc cutter which is noisy. This will cause some disruption close to light-controlled junctions and crossings.
There are two applications for the grant of Premises Licences in for Family Vybz (1456 Pershore Road B30 2PH) and Name of Thrones (1402 Pershore Road – the ex-Quietude shop). Family Vybz are looking for a licence for the sale of alcohol by retail (both on & off the premises) from 10:00 – 22:00 and Name of Thrones a licence for the sale of alcohol by retail (both on & off the premises) from 08:00 – 23:00.
Please note this does not mean that they will necessarily be trading during these times.
Further information relating to all applications administered and licences issued under the Licensing Act 2003 is available by accessing the Licensing Authorities Licensing Act 2003 Electronic Public Register which can be accessed using the following link: http://publicregister.birmingham.gov.uk/
Alternatively if you require any further information concerning the applications contained in the attached lists then please do not hesitate to contact the General Licensing Team via the Council’s team email address being: licensing@birmingham.gov.uk
Please be aware, Cartland Road will be closed overnight from Thursday 10th February for five weeks. The road will be closed from 7pm until 5am, between Pershore and Vicarage roads.
This is to allow for resurfacing work, which are due to finish on 8th March 2022. Information on bus diversions can be found at Transport for West Midlands’ website.
