News

We’ve just learned that the Highways England announcement has been delayed until 1st September following a meeting yesterday involving Steve Rotheram, Liverpool Metro Mayor, where he has apparently asked for a postponement. We will report when there is more information

We all await the Highways England announcement of their preferred route option on 8th August. H.E. has told us that their announcement will be published on the Highways England A5036 webpage, click here to access it, however they have been unable to tell us at what time the announcement will be made so we’ll have to…

Rimrose Valley Friends has had a short film made to showcase our Fun Day event on 1st May.  It was great to see everyone coming together and having such a fab time. Almost 5000 people from all the Rimrose Valley communities, including Litherland, Waterloo, Ford, Crosby, Thornton, Seaforth and Bootle joined the fun. Thank you…

On 4th May we all get to vote for the first Liverpool City Region Mayor.  Some of our supporters have expressed interest in finding out what the position is of each candidate on the threat of the road through Rimrose Valley. We wrote to each mayoral candidate and asked for a written response. Click here to see…

Rimrose Valley Friends has been awarded charity status We’re delighted to announce that The Charities Commission has approved our application to become a registered charity (registered charity number 1171536) This means Rimrose Valley Friends now operates as a charity with a Board of Trustees who will ensure the organisation operates to the Charities Commission’s strict…

We wanted to shout out a massive THANK YOU to the organisers and leafletters who got this SCAR leaflet out to 15,000 homes around Rimrose Valley over the last few days.  The leaflet was created by SCAR – Sefton Communities against Roadbuilding – to raise awareness and encourage people to respond to the Highways England consultation ‘Option B’ (a dual…

Every time you shop at Tesco until 25th Feb you can vote for Rimrose Valley Friends to win a £5000 cash award which we will use towards improving some of the main entrances to Rimrose Valley.  Simply ask the person at the checkout for the blue tokens and then put them into the Rimrose Valley Friends charity…

Supporters of Rimrose Valley Friends are the first to know that SCAR, the newly formed community campaign group that is opposed to any further port access road development, has today launched their website. Click here to visit the SCAR website and whilst you’re there please click the link to Join the SCAR Campaign. We’d also be…

A residents-only campaign group is close to launch, called “Sefton Communities Against Roadbuilding” or SCAR. It’s a community-led group aiming to give residents a voice regarding the impacts of local road development options. The launch later this month will be well in advance of Highways England’s anticipated January announcement on which road “option” is favoured,…

Highways England has released their third public newsletter to keep people informed of developments with regards to improving road access to the Port of Liverpool. Click here to download the 3rd Highways England Newsletter   The overwhelming message we’re hearing from the people of the Rimrose Valley communities is that neither A5036 development nor a…