Ben, B&NES and Bath’s future.
It’s not easy embracing big ideas when the Authority to which you are elected is having to watch its spending but one of B&NES youngest and newest cabinet members isn’t going to let the lack of...
View ArticleCash flow benefit for River Avon
Last week’s decision by senior members of B&NES Council brought the cultural, economic and social improvements to the River Avon a step closer with the allocation of £100,000 to kick start the...
View ArticleGreen flood defence working well
New ‘shaped’ landscaping which has been incorporated into the residential development now taking place at Western Riverside in Bath has been proving its worth in an even more important way. Tiered...
View ArticleBath may have to live with flooding.
Bath is going to have its own ‘Cobra-styled’ body to formulate strategy on how the city must learn to live and deal with future flooding. Flooded foothpath. The Virtual Museum has been told it will be...
View ArticleBath residents ask – why are we forgotten?
Whole swathes of Bath’s architectural history and heritage are at risk from flooding and nothing is being down to protect them. Ian Herve, SecretaryHenrietta Park Association That’s the claim being...
View ArticleCurrent in the past
Elsewhere in this cyber museum you will find stories about Bath’s River Regeneration Trust and plans for harnessing the flow of the Avon at Pulteney Weir to generate electricity. It’s seen as a great...
View ArticleRiver regeneration gets thumbs up from Bath residents
PHOTOS show left to right The Right Worshipful Mayor of Bath Cllr Malcolm Lees; Chairman of The River Regeneration Trust Geoff Dunford; Vice Chairman, B@nes Council Cllr Martin Veal; B&NES River...
View ArticleWater power!
B&NES must really learn to coordinate things amongst departments within the authority. The following press release was ’embargoed’ until l am today (Thursday, March 17th) and l have stuck to that...
View ArticleWhat’s your view on the river?
Water taxis and transporting refuse waste – just two of the ideas for finding new ways of using Bath’s waterways – that l discussed with the man ‘chairing’ a group who are charged with transforming...
View ArticleWelcome Centre role for old Toll House
The latest volunteer project on the Kennet and Avon Canal has been handed over to the Canal and River Trust. It’s involved the rescue and conservation of the old Toll House at Dundas Wharf which the...
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