Councillor Steve Swift

North Lincolnshire Council are in receipt of an application to turn the Maple Leaf Public House site situated on Quebec Road, Bottesford into a small housing development consisting of approximately nine houses.

The present building is presently boarded up and been the subject of vandalism since its closure a number of months ago.

The application was submitted on 25th May 2009 and is currently out to consultation.

The use of graffiti in Bottesford has hit an all time high with over a hundred different markings being identified and reported in the past three months. 

The issue has been a number one priority for the Bottesford Action Team for sometime and while the Council does its utmost to keep on top of the problem by removing the offending material, the cost to the taxpayer increases daily.

The regular 'tags' across the town carry the names of 'Stemmy' and 'SRS'.

Somebody, somewhere must know who these culprits are and if so I would urge them to come forward and assist in bringing these unnecessary eyesores to an end.

The results of a traffic survey on Valley View Drive (between the junctions of Messingham Road and Baldwin Avenue), Bottesford have been completed and published.

The survey was carried out between Thursday 11th December and Wednesday 17th December 2008 after requests from local residents.

The findings were that 11,688 vehicles per week used the road, averaging out at a daily traffic flow of 1,667.

Vehicle speeds averaged out at 27.2 m.p.h., with fifty eight exceeding the limit at between 35 and 40 m.p.h., two at 40 to 50 and one above 50.

Thankfully, there have been no reported casualties on this stretch of Valley View Drive in the three years preceeding the survey.

The results of a traffic survey on High Leys Road, Bottesford have been completed and published. 

The survey was carried out between Tuesday 21st April and Monday 27th April 2009 after local concerns were expressed.

The findings were that 10,180 vehicles per week used the road, averaging out at a daily traffic flow of 1,454.

Vehicle speeds averaged out at 23.4 m.p.h., with thirteen exceeding the limit between 30 & 35 m.p.h., three 35 to 40 and one over 50. 

There have thankfully been no reported casualties along High Leys Road over the past three years.

Local bus company Stagecoach has announced its intentions to revise the Circular Bus Routes 33 & 34 from Tuesday 26th May 2009.

The new routes will now miss out the streets of 'Holme Hall Avenue', 'Queenswood Road', 'Timberland', 'Cherry Mount' and 'Caistor Avenue' and instead take a more direct route via 'Manor Road' and 'Bottesford Lane'.

These are amendments to 'commercial routes' over which the Council does not exercise any control.