We are aware that there are a group of travellers on land off Lawley Drive in Lawley. The relevant landowners have served notices and they are to have vacated the area by 6pm on Sunday latest. There have been reports of human waste on the bridleway at the rear of the camp and on site – this has been dealt with by a 'rapid response team' and a further clean up will be conducted when the site has been vacated. Please report any further issues or concerns you may have.

The Friends of Telford Town Park will be holding their first Jolly Green Day to promote all that is fun and healthy about the great outdoors on Saturday 17 August 2013 on the Queen Elizabeth II Field (formerly the Arena) in Telford Town Park.

The event will take place from 11am to 4pm and visitors of all ages will be able to find out about the many projects going on locally to support our wildlife, rivers, parks and open spaces as well as the very latest developments in energy conservation and recycling.

Jolly Green Day is being organised to mark the tenth anniversary of the formation of the Friends and the successful first year of the Telford Green Spaces Partnership, a forum of 19 voluntary groups who all support and protect various public green spaces in and around the Borough of Telford. The event is supported by Telford & Wrekin Council, The Southwater Event Group, Carillion plc, Shropshire Events and Shropshire Wildlife Trust.

There will also be plenty of fun activities on offer including water zorbing on Spout Pool, land zorbing on the arena, sports day races, tag rugby, cycling and go karts, coracle making and outdoor crafts.

The programme will also include a plant sale, musical performances by The Darby Singers and the Thompson Oldeman Band, appearances by characters from Wonderland and Town Crier, Percy Simmonds, a raffle with a top prize of one week’s holiday for two adults to Spain plus lots of other prizes. Tickets are on sale now at the Bicycle Hub in the Park and will be on sale during the event with the draw taking place at 3pm.

Admission to the event is free however some of the activities are subject to a small charge or dontation. Free car parking is available on the Telford International Centre and Dark Lane car parks (subject to availability). Alternative parking is available on the Telford Shopping Centre car parks (fee payable). For further information visit www.friendsoftelfordtownpark.org

Reactive Highway Maintenance Works – Routine Patching gang

We are trialling a slightly different approach to Reactive maintenance this year. Part of this approach involves the use of a fully equipped surfacing crew to repair sections of carriageways and footways identified by highway inspectors. The crew will be targeting sites which are not suitable for the traditional reactive maintenance gangs. Larger areas will be repaired using machinery to give a longer repair life which will improve efficiency and give a better quality repair.

This week our routine patching crew are focusing on dangerous defects in footways and parking areas in the following streets. Please note that these repairs are focused on small areas with severe defects that have been picked up by inspectors or raised as a customer enquiry. The gang will not treat all defects in these streets.

Brands Farm Way

Withywood Drive

Blakemore

Pageant Drive

Willowfield

Princes End

The work will consist of planing out and resurfacing damaged and worn out sections of carriageway and footway. To comply with health and safety legislation protecting operatives from moving traffic on roads, we will be using a variety of traffic management such as stop and go, traffic lights and emergency road closures where required for the duration of the works.

TWS, the contractor who will be undertaking these works and will deal with any special access requirements residents may have.

If you should require any further information please contact Gareth Pegg or highways customer services on 01952 384000 or highways@telford.gov.uk

Amey are undertaking refurbishment works to the M54 over bridge on behalf of the Highways Agency, with the works set to start on Saturday 3^rd August 2013 and expecting to last approximately 13 weeks.

Attached is a plan outlining the extents of the closure and the accompanying diversion route.Closure Plan – Dawley Road, Lawley

If you have any questions or issues, or require any other information on the matter, then please don’t hesitate to contact HIghways Traffic Management & Street works at TWC on 01952 384000.

Due to changes in the way that the Centre is to be used we are unable to accept any more community bookings with immediate effect. Any bookings already accepted will go ahead as planned