by Mary Sherwood & Nick Davies | Mar 7, 2020 | What We Care About
Cllr Louise Gibbard, Dunvant, gave a fantastic speech at council this week in support of the Labour administration’s proposed budget for 2020/21. With her kind permission, we’ve published it here: Thank you presiding member for allowing me to speak and...
by Mary Sherwood & Nick Davies | Mar 6, 2020 | Community Safety, News
Here are some issues we’re working on at the moment. Discussions with police are planned and we’ll publish further updates as progress is made: We have had discussions with residents on Terrace Road who’ve been badly affected by repeated incidents of car...
by Mary Sherwood & Nick Davies | Mar 5, 2020 | News, Traffic, What We Care About
We all know what our ideal parking scheme for Uplands and Brynmill would achieve, but the eternal problem is that any measures which push an unwanted group away (like the university’s commuters) would have unintended consequences for a group we want to help...
by Mary Sherwood & Nick Davies | Mar 1, 2020 | Environment, Mary Sherwood, News, Traffic, What We Care About
“I’d love to see Gwydr Square in Uplands (where the Uplands Market takes place) turned into a pedestrian, no-traffic zone”, said an email I received from a resident in February this year, who had originally contacted me about general traffic concerns. If I had £1 for...
by Mary Sherwood & Nick Davies | Jan 24, 2020 | Environment, Equality & Human Rights, What Local Politicians Do, What We Care About
The council’s Policy Development Committee (PDC) for Poverty Reduction, chaired by Mary, is working on a policy to ensure that the benefits of green infrastructure are enjoyed by all our communities. It has been known for a long time that Swansea is a county of two...
