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The leaflets for our first leaflet drop are now fully distributed. It’s been a great success with over 20,000 homes leafleted to raise awareness of the threat to our green space and it brought us some press coverage.  It’s been startling to see just how many people weren’t aware of the plans to build the Dual Carriageway…

On 17th October we launched our ‘Grow your Tenner’ fundraising campaign through Local Giving.  Local Giving had secured £200,000 of funding to be shared amongst all the good causes it works with nationally, and for every £10 donated they matched it with another £10!  The campaign has now closed and we did really well. Throughout October our supporters…

Highways England has approached Rimrose Valley Friends inviting us to be part of a steering group to look at the issues in relation to the construction of a dual carriageway through Rimrose Valley and how best to mitigate against them. Rimrose Valley Friends has rejected the invitation because it’s crystal clear and already fully understood…

We have learned that Highways England expects the Geotechnical work, which includes the drilling of Boreholes, to take place in the new year, but they cannot be any more specific on dates.  The reason they give for not knowing is that the tender inviting quotations to carry out the work is still in progress.  Only…

We’re putting together a Frequently Asked Questions document for publication. We will then refine and add to it over time. It’s in the early stages, but you can click here to read it in its current form.         What you can do now: Sign our petition Sign up as a Rimrose Valley Friend…

The RAG team is exploring all options for public activities and has a very long list. The following will be worked on as quickly as possible: Hands Across the Valley We’re just about to start working on this. It will take a significant amount of work to organise, but the plan is to create a spectacle in…

A group of representatives from Rimrose Valley Friends met with some of our local councillors and Peter Dowd MP on 21st October. Also present at the meeting was The Campaign for the Protection of Rural England, The Campaign for Better Transport and the Lancashire Wildlife Trust. The purpose of the meeting was to discuss a common strategy, to…

Whatever else may be done to challenge the Highways England decision, we’re clear that if the desire in Westminster remains to build the road then it will happen, no matter what we do.  The system has been set up this way, where the local people and politicians are powerless to directly do anything about it. …

Campaign for Better Transport, the national organisation with years of experience opposing new road developments, has spent time with the Road Action Group and shared learnings and past successes, whilst reviewing and guiding us on our strategic approach. The key advice given was to make sure we avoid getting ourselves caught up in technical, planning, and legal details. There are…

Si Smith from Rimrose Valley Friends has been interviewed this afternoon by Paul Salt on BBC Radio Merseyside’s Drive Time show, in light of Sefton Council’s announcement yesterday to call for a judicial review to take Highways England back to the drawing board. The recording can be listened to by clicking here Thank you