ragwert

Climate change or the hundreds of thousands of homes that have been built along and around it in those years. 

They all know we are sick n tired of all this incompetence.  & waste on vanity projects that will end up doing nothing & we all now very few people use cycle lanes.
The number one issue in this City is the congestion caused by the sheer amount of unnecessary traffic lights that run on a generic timer,some that are deliberately
timed to cause major issues. Why do the lights on the Link Road/Widemarsh St work perfectly OK after 7pm using the ground sensors but are controlled by day with timing that cause huge tailbacks especially in the mornings that sometimes reach as far as the blind College.
The lights on Edgar St to Link Road have been changed to a long unnecessary timer causing long tailbacks.
Investment in removing unnecessary lights ie Newmarket Roundabout, new traffic light control technology throughout the City.Installing roundabouts with priority pedestrian & cycle lanes would be a start.

 

Anyone remember the uproar when they wanted to build Bobblestock? 
People are missing the point that we simply cannot keep building homes inside the City limits anymore and future population growth will need houses to
be built in areas like this. 

On 21/08/2022 at 08:50, Steve Major said:

There is no place for this sort of abuse towards anyone just doing their job. There are some local websites that obviously enjoy winding people up with their headlines all manufactured to encourage bigots and idiots to leave such comments, it gets people engaging and generates clicks and numbers for them, well they should be ashamed of themselves and I think they have a lot to answer for. 

I agree but it don't take too much to rile the crowds when this Council have not listened to the very people who put them there in the first place.
 

On 16/08/2022 at 21:58, ragwert said:

They say the pollution from increasing numbers of free-range poultry farms near its banks is now seriously damaging the river.

Chicken excrement rich in phosphates and other chemicals gets spread on the ground around sheds and is being flushed into the river,

Biggest load of  bullshit & bollox i've ever heard.

On 30/01/2021 at 11:15, megilleland said:

Welsh council admits it should not have approved vast poultry farm

(extracts from Guardian article))

Permission for 110,000-chicken farm in ‘poultry capital of Wales’ withdrawn after legal challenge brought by local pressure group

Powys has become a focal point for opposition to the boom in intensive poultry units (IPUs) after freedom of information requests revealed the authority has approved more than 150 in the past five years.

The Campaign for the Protection of Rural Wales (CPRW) led calls for a moratorium on intensive poultry farms after discovering Powys had received five times as many IPU applications than the rest of Wales since 2017.

It is estimated there are around 8.5 million head of poultry in Powys – equivalent to 64 birds for every person – the majority on 100 large-scale farms raising more than 40,000 chickens each.

Environmental campaigners say the explosion in IPUs in the county is linked to the deterioration of rivers in Wales.

Last summer saw algal blooms turn the River Wye – which flows from mid Wales through Powys to the Severn estuary – into “pea soup”, a phenomenon damaging to biodiversity which campaigners blame on phosphates from livestock manure running into waterways.

Welsh environment watchdog Natural Resources Wales (NRW) admitted in December that 60% of the Wye failed to meet phosphate targets – but said the high percentage was due to tighter restrictions.
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Also:

In The Guardian:

‘It's like pea soup’: poultry farms turn Wye into wildlife death trap

As if there are not enough problems with the flooding.

They say the pollution from increasing numbers of free-range poultry farms near its banks is now seriously damaging the river.

Chicken excrement rich in phosphates and other chemicals gets spread on the ground around sheds and is being flushed into the river,

Biggest load of  bullshit & bollox i've ever heard.

4 hours ago, megilleland said:

Hail Mary! Statue’s trip down the Wye raises chicken pollution issue

In The Guardian today:

Artist Philip Chatfield hopes river journey will alert people to damage being done by poultry excrement.

And she literally  sails right past the Sewage outfall works.   🙄

Sick and tired of the same old shite(pardon the pun) about poultry units causing pollution of the Wye. There are very tight restrictions on the diposal of poultry waste most of which is sold  to make fertaliser or fuel.
People seem to forget the hundreds of sewage overflow pipes including the hundreds if not thousands of private sewage overflow pipes from residential and business septic tanks that spill directly into the Wye.  Not one demostration outside a sewage works,not even banner at a demostration .

On 01/07/2022 at 07:06, megilleland said:

Special Protection of the Highly Polluted River Wye. Wye not? After all clean water is an essential requirement for modern living. We don't want the River Wye to be the drain for The Marches. Clean water is more important to humans than oil. If we ruin our water supplies then we risk our nation's health.

The Rivers Trust

Useful site for river sewage discharges. The Rivers Trust are conservation experts with a wealth of data and expertise at our fingertips. We work with our member Trusts to make our shared vision a reality: wild, healthy, natural rivers, valued by all. 

We want all life to thrive in and around our rivers. Whether you enjoy fishing, swimming or a riverside stroll, our rivers need us more than ever to recover and revive. 

Raw sewage in our rivers
We want to help you find out where sewage is discharged into rivers, enabling you to take action and to make informed decisions about where you swim, paddle, catch and play. Our Sewage Map shows where the sewerage network discharges and overflows into rivers. Be warned: you might not like what you discover!

County of Herefordshire Local Authority District data
Use filter and click on cluster to zoom in for specific instances.

Pretty clear by looking at the map of discharge locations tha the Rivers in Wales are just a cesspit. 
Imagine if the river Wye map looked like that.

On 01/07/2022 at 07:06, megilleland said:

Special Protection of the Highly Polluted River Wye. Wye not? After all clean water is an essential requirement for modern living. We don't want the River Wye to be the drain for The Marches. Clean water is more important to humans than oil. If we ruin our water supplies then we risk our nation's health.

The Rivers Trust

Useful site for river sewage discharges. The Rivers Trust are conservation experts with a wealth of data and expertise at our fingertips. We work with our member Trusts to make our shared vision a reality: wild, healthy, natural rivers, valued by all. 

We want all life to thrive in and around our rivers. Whether you enjoy fishing, swimming or a riverside stroll, our rivers need us more than ever to recover and revive. 

Raw sewage in our rivers
We want to help you find out where sewage is discharged into rivers, enabling you to take action and to make informed decisions about where you swim, paddle, catch and play. Our Sewage Map shows where the sewerage network discharges and overflows into rivers. Be warned: you might not like what you discover!

County of Herefordshire Local Authority District data
Use filter and click on cluster to zoom in for specific instances.

On 18/06/2022 at 11:00, twowheelsgood said:

Yes, I'm afraid they've had plenty of time to make significant differences to traffic and air quality with small, common sense changes, but no, nothing. The City itself is filthy, run down, covered in weeds and graffiti, roads full of holes etc etc. On the ground, nothing has changed for visitors in 3 years. 

"We are working hard in a number of ways to reduce emissions from vehicles" - really? Has JH even read what some dopey staff member has written for him?

Don't get me started on graffiti .. Saw two lads spraying a wall, called the Police,waited and followed them for over hlaf an hour and nobody turned up. Next time i'll leave em to it

Words that really make me angry. Nearly four years and all we have to show is a few boxes of moss.

“We are working hard in a number of ways to reduce emissions from vehicles in our beautiful, historic City with the aim of cleaner, healthier air for visitors but that takes time.

1 hour ago, George Taylor said:

I can't help thinking that it would of been more cost effective to plant more trees in spaces around the city. Well established trees could be relocated and also add to the optics.

Welcome to the forum George.

Listening to JH on Central news talking about this being just a small part of a bigger project wich will include a new river crossing 🙄.
You have had nearly four years John with sweet FA being done with our traffic issues in that time. Has nobody told you that the chances of you
building an Easten By-Pass is ...Zero. The Lugg flats are proteceted with an sssi. Its also home to a large breeding  population of one of the UK's most threatened brird species, the Curlew. 

Another half arsed job that those in power will argue about who & how to do the work. The whole area needs a major facelift inc the fencing & repairs to the bank.

Just look at the state of seat benches in town.just goes to show how shockingly incompetent this council is.

3 hours ago, H.Wilson said:

They can object like anyone else. 

Bit rich of them complaining about the trees though.
I would of thought the next supermarket that would need to be built in Hereford would be Three Elms 

Nothing wrong with replacing the one in Belmont Road with a digital sign

On 20/05/2022 at 19:04, twowheelsgood said:

That image is misleading (from the previous consultation, one of so many) - the scheme has been changed (again) and the cycle lane now runs between the footpath and the parked cars and will sport green macadam.

Yes, and a few signs to the tune of over £700,000 for just over 100 yds of road to cycle on because once they get to St Peters Sq they will have to dismount between the hours of 10.30 & 4pm.(Not that any of them do).
Unless a cycle lane is continuous to a cyclists destination most of them simply don't get used.0

Saved at the last minute by Morrisons.

After the trees were put in without any stakes we had some morons pulling down a few trees on the Link Rd over the weekend. Along come Balfour Beatty hammering in bamboo sticks & tying a bit of rope to them.
Completely incorrect way of staking a tree.

 

Started rolling my eyes after the first paragraph 🙄

Pitchforks at the ready everyone.

One of those moments in life that I know exactly where I was when I heard the news.
I was a 17 yr old painting the gable end of my neighbours house for £20

Lets hope this absurd idea gets thrown out.