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Coming Soon: “Living Streets”, Uplands!

Coming Soon: “Living Streets”, Uplands!

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...

Green Fairness

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...
Tree Hugging

Tree Hugging

by uplandslabour | Sep 18, 2017 | Environment, Mary Sherwood, Personal Blogs, What We Care About

Many years I go I acquired a hilarious Excel spreadsheet which tells you your “Ideal Job” when you type in your name.   Playing around with middle names and initials gets different results – my friend Roz Ward, “Office Numpty”, aggrandised herself to Rosalind...

Sustainable Transport: Keeping Swansea Connnected

by Nick Davies | Aug 24, 2017 | Environment, Nick Davies, Personal Blogs, Sustainable Transport, What We Care About

I am the Council’s Sustainable Transport Champion. Sustainable transport is any form of transport other than the private car: public transport, cycling and walking. Affordable and integrated transport is vital for increasing employment and economic activity,...

Letting Boards – How You Can Help

by uplandslabour | Aug 5, 2017 | Environment, HMOs, Nick Davies, Personal Blogs, What We Care About

The number of letting boards in Uplands and Brynmill, advertising vacant Houses in Multiple Occupancy (HMOs) is a matter of local concern. It makes the area look shabby, as if no one wants to live here. Letting agents keeps these up all year, even if there isn’t a...

Traffic Outside Schools – What Do You Think?

by uplandslabour | Aug 5, 2017 | Environment, Nick Davies, Personal Blogs, Sustainable Transport, Traffic, What We Care About

Cllr Nick Davies has met with school staff, residents and PCSOs about the problems caused by traffic congestion in the streets surrounding Brynmill and Brynymor Schools, in Brynmill, and Oakleigh House School on Penlan Crescent and dropping off and picking up times....
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