The Gabalfa Lib Dem Focus Team have submitted two petitions to Cardiff Council to address concerns raised by local residents.
At January's meeting of Cardiff Council, Cllr. Ed Bridges submitted a petition from residents of Cross Place, Herbert Street and Parkfield Place calling for more resident-only parking in the area. This is to address concerns raised during the recent planning application at Talybont over parking congestion in the local area.
Jenny Willott, the Liberal Democrat MP for Cardiff Central, has welcomed news that Post Offices in Cardiff Central have been saved by Liberal Democrat Business Minister, Ed Davey.
After ending Labour's shameful Post Office closure programme, which saw more than 7100 Post Offices disappear in their 13 years in office, Ed Davey has announced that a ten-year deal between the Post Office and the Royal Mail has been reached.
Climate Week is a supercharged national campaign to inspire a new wave of action on climate change. It culminates with thousands of events and activities taking place throughout the week of 12 to 18 March 2012, planned by organisations from every part of society. Showcasing real, practical ways to combat climate change, the campaign aims to renew our ambition to create a more sustainable, low-carbon future.
The Gabalfa Lib Dem Focus Team have been taking action to get rid of graffiti in the streets around Africa Gardens.
Following a spate of graffiti over recent months, the Focus Team have catalogued all the incidents locally and reported them to Cardiff Council to be removed.
Local Lib Dem candidate, Gareth Holden, said: "We want to see 'The Colonies' around Africa Gardens, New Zealand Road and Canada Road, tidied up. The graffiti in the back lanes is a real eyesore and needs to be removed. Thanks to the free graffiti removal service by the Lib Dem council, this should happen over the next few weeks."
After years of campaigning, the top end of Mynachdy Road will be resurfaced on Monday thanks to the Gabalfa Focus Team.
Cllr. Ed Bridges said: "For many years, we have called for the resurfacing of Mynachdy Road. We have raised questions about the issue at Cardiff Council meetings, we have petitioned the Highways Department and we have reported countless potholes to show how bad the road surface has got. The bottom end of the road was resurfaced last year following our pressure. We are pleased to report that work will start on Monday to finish the job by resurfacing the top end closest to North Road."
New play equipment has this week been installed at Maitland Park - the latest in a series of new facilities secured by the hard work of the local Lib Dem Focus Team.
The new 'natural play' apparatus occupies the previously dead space in the triangle near to Laytonia Avenue, and provides an alternative to the formal playground area by St. Joseph's Primary School. It also means that there are more facilities for younger children in the park.
The Gabalfa Lib Dem Focus Team will be holding an advice surgery this coming Friday (13th January) at St. Mark's Church on North Road between 5.30pm and 6.30pm.
All residents are welcome to attend; no appointment is necessary. Local councillors, Ed Bridges and Cathy Pearcy, will be joined by local campaigner Gareth Holden to help with any local problems. Any resident who would like to report an issue but who can't make it on Friday can contact us using our details on this website.
Butetown's Liberal Democrat Councillor, Delme Greening, has welcomed the decision of Cardiff Council's Planning Committee to refuse a planning application for a development on Windsor Esplanade.
Working with local residents, Councillor Greening successfully argued that the proposed development would be completely out of character with the historic terrace that forms part of Windsor Esplanade.
The Gabalfa Liberal Democrat Focus Team have secured a major victory for local residents, after getting a planning application turned down for a seven-storey block of student flats in the area.
Cardiff University was told that they will be refused permission to build a seven-storey block of 179 flats at Talybont Gate, on an overflow car park near to McDonald's in Gabalfa, after Cllr. Ed Bridges spoke out against the plans and explained the concerns of the local community. Local Lib Dem campaigner, Gareth Holden, had also submitted a petition against the scheme, citing major concerns over the lack of parking for the new flats. The Planning Committee voted by eight votes to one in favour of deferring the application for a month so that a full list of reasons for refusal could be worked up. Committee Members had said that the application was an inappropriate over-development of the site. Cardiff University have already indicated that they will appeal the decision.
Commenting on the announcement that the Coalition Government is to drop plans to remove the mobility component of Disability Living Allowance from people in residential care homes, Co-Chair of the Liberal Democrat Parliamentary Party Committee on Work and Pensions, Jenny Willott said:
"I am delighted that after months of pressure these proposals have finally been dropped.
"Liberal Democrats have consistently opposed these plans, which would have cut a vital lifeline for many disabled people, and the Party passed a conference motion earlier this year calling for the decision to be overturned.
"Today's announcement ensures that the Coalition Government is doing the right thing by protecting 80,000 people, including many disabled children, who would have lost the mobility support that allows them to lead active and independent lives."
