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Dear Messenger,

I would like to make some points about Ella Road, where I have lived since 1990.

There has been no road sign for a few years now. It’s a no-through road, but that information isn’t shown, so cars often turn round because they can’t get through. A street name and sign would be useful for delivery people!

There is a piece of waste ground behind my wall. This leads to fencing around a large house being renovated, but basically goes nowhere, is overgrown and a dumping area. Part way along is a tree, and I don’t know who on earth is responsible for it. It grows near a high back wall, and I’m concerned about possible damage caused by its roots. Also, small children climb it and sit on the wall, which is high so quite dangerous. This piece of ground ought to be cleaned up and the tree cut down, but who do I contact?

Next to this is a ‘hump’. Neighbouring children play on it, but it’s boring and certainly doesn’t meet safety standards. When my daughter was younger she wrote to the Council, and to their credit a group of people arranged for a big tidy-up and painted hopscotch squares and some pictures on the ground. The aim was to make it better for children and provide swings or the like. My daughter is now 18 and nothing has been done to improve it. It seems a waste of an area that could be better used – even levelling it would give a safe area for playing ball rather than kicking it onto people’s walls.

The Council envelope scheme greatly improved the look of the houses, but pieces of ground get ignored and consequently look more of a mess. If people from your paper looked for themselves, maybe they would have more success in taking up the issues with whoever is responsible.

Audrey Mann