From our concrete over the Cotswolds correspondent.

"Large swathes of land across north and north east Bristol look set to be made the subject of a Mayoral Development Zone, which could give metro mayor Helen Godwin powers to bypass local council authority to order the building of thousands of new homes.

The zone will instead be managed by a Mayoral Development Corporation - a public-private partnership involving both South Gloucestershire Council, the West of England Combined Authority, landowners and developers."

#WestOfEnglandCA #WECA #SouthGloucestershire

https://www.bristolpost.co.uk/news/bristol-news/metro-mayor-could-bypass-local-10968437

From our bribery correspondent.

"The government has also said it will give WECA £15m to spend on “short-term projects” if North Somerset joins."

#UK_Politics #WECA

https://www.bristol247.com/news-and-features/news/north-somerset-rectify-decade-long-mistake-join-weca/

Note to #WECA mayor Helen Godwin: railway stations are *built*, not 'delivered' [sic]. 🤦‍♂️

#BadEnglish

https://www.bristolpost.co.uk/news/bristol-news/new-41m-charfield-train-station-10949880

The EU got Hungary, WECA got South Glos!

#UKpol #Funny #Bristol #WECA

"The West of England Combined Authority is responsible for managing the electric scooter and electric bike trial run by Dott."

We pedestrians have been complaining about poor scooter parking for years, so change 'managing' above to 'mismanaging'.

#WECA #Bristol

https://www.bristol247.com/news-and-features/news/parking-bays-for-e-scooters-coming-to-bristol/

@wood5y I nearly got caught out again (after I tooted) at the stop by Electricity House. Parked up buses blocking the stop (again) so had to stand in the road to flag one down. Nearly missed it but as we pulled away there were people frantically trying to get the driver's attention.

My toot was originally inspired by the m2 being repeatedly cancelled when I've tried to catch it this week and today facing full BadgerLine routes not stopping (obviously) to pick up in Howells.

None of these journeys were in the rush hour: mid morning or mid afternoon.

Between #WorstBus #motorists and the disgracefully ineffective #WECA the #bus users of #Bristol are being ignored, mistreated and gaslit!

Do you know what would be better in #Bristol than the erratic, uncomfortable, bouncy-riding metrobus services that use bus lanes that are too narrow? A fucking #tram!

#WECA, #BristolCityCouncil, #UKGov, et al: get your fucking act together!

#PublicTransport #MassTransit #GreenTransport

And so in #WECA the lurch to the right continues despite much of the area being #progressive and left.

First place: #Labour. Second place: #ReformUK Ltd.

#FPTP needs to go. #ElectoralReformNow or yesterday is desperately needed, otherwise we'll keep getting minority lunatics trashing the country, councils and people against the will of the majority!

https://mastodonapp.uk/@ukelections/114437168325122481

#UKpol #UKElections2025