City Life 2

City Life

Managing Director

Welcome to this the first edition of your new newspaper from the City Council.
City Life aims to bring you news and information about your Council, what it does and its plans for the future.
We will be delivering it to all local homes four times a year.
We hope that you find it interesting and informative. To make sure that it is, we would like your views about
what you think it should contain.
What do you want to know
about the Council and the City in which you live?

Write to us at:
City Life
Gloucester City Council
Freepost SWC 2930
The Docks
Gloucester GL1 2ZZ
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Or email:
city.life@gloucester.gov.uk

We look forward to hearing
your views about this issue and your ideas for future editions.

Nearing completion - Kings Square beginning to take shape

Kings Square is now poised to play its part in hosting a string of events for the City’s summer festival.
The £250,000 'interim' scheme has been completed and sees the city's central square turned into a feature that can host everything from markets to concerts.

As the first edition of City Life was going to press a 'county' market with around 40 stalls had already been held as the launch event. It has taken 12 weeks and 2,000 tonnes of crushed stone to fill the old fountain area of the square.
While the tarmac surface is useable a final attractive bound gravel surface is due to be laid in mid July to complete the current operation.

The work has been complemented by the £200,000 repaving of the Oxbode - one of the 'gateways' into the square.
The City Council will now be working with the Heritage Urban Regeneration Company - it's partner in the development of future plans for the city – on a long-term scheme for the square.

This will see the whole of the area including the bus station turned into a 'retail quarter'. Comments made by local residents during a consultation exercise in Kings Walk earlier this year about future plans for the square will be fed into the process for any final designs. For details about events in the square during the summer see page 4, for further information about the square visit www.gloucester.gov.uk/kingssquare|.

FREE TO GO

TAXI!

Hackney carriage

Private hire vehicles

Residents in the city are now entitled
to a free 'GO! CARD' giving discounts
on all leisure activities at GL1 and
the Oxstalls Tennis Centre.
Details of what the free card offers,
along with a downloadable
application form, can be found on
the leisure pages of the
City Council website at www.gloucester.gov.uk/go|
or by ringing 01452 396666.

Residents in the city are now entitled to a free GO! CARD giving discounts on all leisure activities at GL1 and the Oxstalls Tennis Centre

There are two types of
licensed taxi in the city
but can you tell the
difference?
The two tables on the right
will help you recognise the
difference but if you require
more inforrmation you can log
onto the City Council's
website at
www.gloucester.gov.uk/taxi

Can be flagged down

Drivers must wear a blue badge
Must have blue licence plates
- one on the dashboard,
- one near the rear bumper
Can be booked in advance
Can use taxi ranks
Has a white taxi roof sign
Must have a meter displaying fare
Drivers must have passed a 'knowledge' test
The Car must be white

Cannot be flagged down

Drivers must wear a yellow badge
Must have yellow licence plates
- one on the dashboard,
- one near the rear bumper
Must be booked in advance
Cannot use taxi ranks
Has a yellow roof sign
Must agree fares before
journey commences
Vehicles must display the
approved bus lane sticker