More on the 121 bus – no good news yet I am afraid. Since I wrote for the August Journal, First bus have put in another bid for the subsidised part of the 121 service, ie the missing hourly routes to Bristol. Unfortunately, their price was still too high and North Somerset Council did not award the contract. The Government subsidy which North Somerset used on this route last year will now be used on a bus route somewhere else.

I have asked whether the 121 timetable can be changed so that the hourly service could be extended from Wrington to the airport, allowing residents to pick up the Flyer to Bristol and also giving Redhill residents an hourly service
to Weston. I will let you know what the answer is.

Flooding at Lulsgate Bottom – The large puddle by the Airport Tavern has been causing problems for a long time in periods of heavy rain. NSC has plans to solve this by draining the water to the corner of Felton Common across the road, and tap into existing drains there. However I do not know when this will be done.

Aggregate Levy Grants - Grants are available for environmental projects to compensate local communities for the impacts of aggregate extraction.
Organisations in parishes close to quarries, including Wrington, can bid for funding for projects to be completed within the 2008/9 financial year. These projects must be located within North Somerset and demonstrate both environmental and community benefit e.g. through increased public access to the local environment, landscape/ biodiversity enhancements or increased public involvement in the local environment.

Preference will be given to projects that can demonstrate a lasting physical improvement to the local environment and applications must be made before the end of October.

Please contact me or the parish clerk Gabrielle Wilson tel 01934 863984
clerk_wrington@hotmail.com for application forms.