Author name: david-demery

At a Bristol City Council Cabinet Meeting held on 24th January 2023, city docks fees were raised substantially to make the harbour financially viable and improve facilities.

Using the Fix My Street website we have reported problems with the drains along Commercial Road which struggle to cope during heavy rainfall.

The last of the two large teepee tents, erected in October 2020 during the COVID-19 pandemic, has been removed from the Ostrich.

The temporary closure of Cumberland Road to east-bound traffic will soon be permanent if Bristol City Council succeeds in introducing a ‘bus gate’  to the east of Gas Ferry Road.

The temperatures have been low enough to partially freeze Bathurst Basin, but not as severe as that experienced in December 2010.

Bird Flu has been detected in the harbour and Defra’s notice near Prince Street bridge sets out steps to avoid spreading it.

Environmental DNA analysis of the Floating Harbour has detected the presence of threatened fish species including the critically endangered European eel.

There has been an unwelcome spate of antisocial behaviour involving residences close to Bathurst Basin, including window smashing and car vandalism.

A forthcoming ‘Harbour Place Shaping Strategy’ will examine how planned growth at Temple Quarter, the City Centre and Western Harbour will impact on the Harbour.

Two significant developments along Lower Guinea Street: new and extended Sanchez restaurants and a new hair salon in the General.