Author name: David Demery

There has been an application from Dr Pratt to fell five ash trees on the bank of the Avon New Cut along Commercial Road.

There is a Temporary Traffic Regulation Order closure of Guinea Street from Redcliff Hill to Alfred Place.

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.