Both bus stops in Link View have been vandalised again. Graffiti covers both, as well as a good number of electrical boxes in the area. The bus stop at the top of Hazeldene rd also has a smashed window. Focus Team member Mike Quinn has asked the council to clean them up and repair them. 

Changes to the bus service to Links View, taking out the link to Parklands have been welcomed, but residents have said prices, particularly from Kingsley Rd, have shot up, while the time has been brought forward in the morning so elderly passengers cannot use their bus passes. We’ve written to the service providers asking them […]

There are signs of spring at last, but perhaps not too late for more grit bins that residents have requested. In the cold weather, a number of requests were made by residents for grit bins. One is being provided, in Rennishaw way, but in Masefield way, Arthur St. and Ainsdale close residents requests were rejected […]

Pot holes and unsafe pavements have got worse after four years of Conservative control of the County Council. Streets in Northampton have been neglected while money has been spent elsewhere. This year Richard Church and Lib Dem County councillors proposed an additional £3 million to tackle potholes and broken pavements. Our proposal was voted down […]

New road signs have been put up at the junction of Kingsley Road and Abington Grove. It’s a long time since Abington Grove had any street signs, many people didn’t even know it was there!

The Council have declared Barrack Rd and the Park Avenue North/Kettering Rd roundabout as designated air quality management areas. Some other busy junctions, such as the Cock Hotel, have already been AQMA’s for a while. Both of these areas have been tested over recent months for Nitrogen Dioxide, one of the main pollutants from traffic, […]

We get many complaints, particularly from elderly people, about cycling on pavements. Many cyclists don’t know it is an offence to cycle on pavements and it is a serious danger for both cyclists and pedestrians. Over the next few weeks, the police are running a campaign along the length of the Kettering Road, and you […]

The Council have announced plans to resurface Kettering Rd from the White Elephant to Chaucer St. Work is due to start in July, depending on the weather and progress on other work. It is expected that the work will be done over three weekends, Fridays, Sundays and Mondays (not Saturdays). On mid-week days work will […]

The County Council are reconstructing the kerbs and footways in Milton St, in a similar way to the work done in Oliver St. last year. Work is due to start in April and is likely to take eight weeks. The council have requested that drivers move their cars when requested to allow access, and there […]