Annual Newsletter

Hot off the press with thanks to Andrews Estate Agents for the printing and Bath in Time for the use of their picture…

The Committee members will be knocking on your door and delivering this year’s newsletter over the next four weeks. If you can’t wait you’ll find it here.

The main feature this year is our campaign for the Council to consider carefully the possibility of making NE Bath a series of low traffic neighbourhoods (LTNs for short) and how this might look for those in Camden.

There has been a long held view that there is too much traffic on Camden Road and we produced a 50 page report in 2017 suggesting changes. Interestingly, I’ve spoken to one long term house owner who had been away for ten years and had just settled back and could really tell that traffic had got worse.

The Clean Air Zone (CAZ) Plan was being consulted on at this time last year and we were hopeful that this would put some downward pressure on through traffic. However the previous council administration, decided to remove cars from the scope of the CAZ, which significantly reduced the benefits to us in Camden.

The new council administration has stuck with that decision but stated in their election manifesto that they would consider the use of LTNs. This was highly encouraging to us as thy hold open the possibility of virtually stopping all rat-running and thereby return the Camden Road and its neighbouring roads into a quiet, clean and safe place to live.

Please come to the AGM when we will asking for questions and comments on this initiative and offering to start a formal campaign for consideration of Low Traffic Neighbourhoods for NE Bath.

Finally, a good place to register your comments is at the bottom of this blogpost. That way we have them in one place for all to see.

Jeremy Labram, Chair, CRA