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Bushes obstructing road - drivers using wrong carriageway
Reported in the Obstruction category anonymously at 11:21, Thu 20 August 2020
Sent to Bristol City Council 5 minutes later. FixMyStreet ref: 2254845.
The bushes/shrubs on the allotment-side of this portion of Charlton Road are impinging so much on the road that most vehicles - including the buses - are being forced to drive slightly straddling the two carriageways of this already narrow road stretch, to avoid damaging the vehicles.
The other day, when turning left out from Charlton Mead Drive, I was almost hit by another car who was driving partly along my right of way.
Please investigate this URGENTLY; there is a genuine danger here of road traffic incidents, on a route frequently used by pedestrians as well. This cannot afford a council response of many months while the shrubs are still growing!
This has been an issue now for several months owing to the favorable weather for the plant, but each time I've returned home I've forgotten to report it - my apologies.
(I may re-report this with photos when I remember to walk round and take some - but please trust my report in the meantime.)
Updates
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A new enquiry has been raised for this issue.
Posted by Bristol City Council at 11:21, Thu 20 August 2020
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This issue is currently under investigation. We'll provide updates on the outcome as soon as we can.
Posted by Bristol City Council at 13:57, Thu 20 August 2020
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This issue is currently under investigation. We'll provide updates on the outcome as soon as we can.
Posted by Bristol City Council at 08:15, Thu 27 August 2020
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Over a month later still no hedge work done. Bushes expanding. With buses driving down this road it leaves no option but scrapping along bushes. I pulled over to take picture - as you can see down to max 1.5 lanes width now. Seriously dangerous
Posted anonymously at 18:13, Sat 3 October 2020
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A citizen has provided a follow-up to the original enquiry.
Posted by Bristol City Council at 18:14, Sat 3 October 2020
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I've just tweeted our local MP, to see if he can help!
Posted anonymously at 20:11, Sat 3 October 2020
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A citizen has provided a follow-up to the original enquiry.
Posted by Bristol City Council at 20:11, Sat 3 October 2020
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Is anyone actually dealing with this? Hello Bristol City Council? Are you either ignorant or incompetent?
I've had a few more instances of being nearly hit as I turned left fron Charlton Mead Drive onto Charlton Road. I've also just been making the return journey, and noticed that buses hang back and flash each other through that part as they know they can't fit through together - as I followed the nunber 2a bus just now, it was straddling the opposing lane by a good 4 feet! Now bloody well do something about this!! I'll try the MP and Bristol Post too, they do love a good tabloid story.
Posted anonymously at 09:45, Mon 2 November 2020
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A citizen has provided a follow-up to the original enquiry.
Posted by Bristol City Council at 09:45, Mon 2 November 2020
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For information of anyone else interested in this, the Council tweeted me: "Hi Gregory, I've chased this up with the team and since the bushes are coming from the allotment side of the road they don't fall under our jurisdiction sadly. Sorry that we couldn't be more help"...
Posted anonymously at 20:52, Sat 7 November 2020
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A citizen has provided a follow-up to the original enquiry.
Posted by Bristol City Council at 20:52, Sat 7 November 2020
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The allotments belong to Bristol City Council so how can the Council say not their responsibility?
Posted anonymously at 07:24, Sun 8 November 2020
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A citizen has provided a follow-up to the original enquiry.
Posted by Bristol City Council at 08:55, Sun 8 November 2020
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Hahaha I have no idea, I responded to thset effect! I'll put it down to incompetence, or ignorance, or both.
Posted anonymously at 12:04, Sun 8 November 2020
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A citizen has provided a follow-up to the original enquiry.
Posted by Bristol City Council at 12:04, Sun 8 November 2020
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I've now informed Avon & Somerset Police because of the risk of some sort of crash along there - they'll chase up with the council.
Posted anonymously at 14:04, Tue 10 November 2020
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A citizen has provided a follow-up to the original enquiry.
Posted by Bristol City Council at 14:04, Tue 10 November 2020
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Well, thank you council, it looks like the bushes were finally trimmed, just three months after the issue was raised! It's a lot better now, but I'm still not convinced I would say it is FIXED, because it's still fairly snug on the carriageway next to the Allotments - I think the base of the bushes / shrubs has overgrown in the first place, so the problem may not go away until they are cut back from the base, not only trimmed at higher levels.
I'll see if I notice people still driving partly onto the opposing carriageway and update then - I encourage the other person who commented on this issue to do the same.
Posted anonymously at 08:28, Tue 17 November 2020
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A citizen has provided a follow-up to the original enquiry.
Posted by Bristol City Council at 08:28, Tue 17 November 2020
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A citizen has provided a follow-up to the original enquiry.
Posted by Bristol City Council at 08:58, Tue 17 November 2020
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Ok, I've just followed both a car and a bus in the direction of the Airbus site along Charlton Road and still, both felt forced to drive partly onto the opposing carriageway. This is still dangerous! Please address ASAP!
Posted anonymously at 19:01, Fri 20 November 2020
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A citizen has provided a follow-up to the original enquiry.
Posted by Bristol City Council at 19:02, Fri 20 November 2020
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This is still a issue .
Posted anonymously at 20:31, Thu 10 June 2021
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A citizen has provided a follow-up to the original enquiry.
Posted by Bristol City Council at 20:31, Thu 10 June 2021
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A citizen has provided a follow-up to the original enquiry.
Posted by Bristol City Council at 10:17, Mon 14 June 2021
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A citizen has provided a follow-up to the original enquiry.
Posted by Bristol City Council at 07:37, Sun 20 June 2021
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If the issue still exists, please review the location and the description and let us know by creating a new enquiry on FixMyStreet
State changed to: Closed
Posted by Bristol City Council at 17:27, Wed 11 May 2022
This report is now closed to updates from the public. You can make a new report in the same location. Please reference 2254845 in your new report if it is an update on this one.