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It’s been quite some time since we last posted on our website, so we wanted to put that right, beginning with an update from our elected representatives. Last month, members of the Rimrose Valley Friends campaign team met with Sefton Council and Peter Dowd MP to discuss the current status of work being undertaken to…

Representatives of Rimrose Valley Friends recently met with Patrick Walters (Chief Operating Officer) and Warren Marshall (Group Planning Director) of Peel Ports to discuss the proposed road through Rimrose Valley.  The purpose of the meeting was to explore whether they were willing to support Rimrose Valley Friends and local communities in pushing for better options…

As Highways England intends to press ahead with its plans to build the road and to stick to current timescales, we wanted to remind everyone of the dates it is working to. We feel that this approach pays absolutely no respect to the legal process, nor the public… but we have to work on the basis that the…

Latest Highways England Newsletter is simply more propaganda from the Government Agency Highways England’s latest newsletter details their intention to press ahead with their preferred consultation Option B – a bypass through Rimrose Valley.  It confirms that exploratory work is imminent, which we know includes the drilling of boreholes across the parkland, despite the Judicial…

As the time for demonstrations draws closer, we wanted to share some more details about this with you, prior to Highways England commencing their exploratory work on Rimrose Valley. Objectives Rimrose Valley Friends will be holding peaceful and legal protests against the road to draw attention to the destruction of a much-loved space.  We hope to…

Last Wednesday, we attended a presentation by Transport for the North (TfN) at Liverpool University’s Foresight Centre.  It was about their 30-year vision for transport investment across the North of England. This is important because TfN is an influential partnership of civic and business leaders from across the North. It will be able to influence…

As you may know by now, representatives from Rimrose Valley Friends met with Tim Gamon and Carl Stockton from Highways England on 26th February.  No set agenda, but we certainly wanted a discussion about their plans, the Judicial Review, their environmental commitments, their concerns for public health, their reason for ignoring public opinion, whether alternative…

Whilst the Judicial Review into Highways England’s decision to rule out a tunnel option during their consultation process is underway, we wanted to reflect on this and to share this document with you. It is Friends of the Earth’s objection to the options presented in their consultation process, sent to Highways England on 27th February, 2017……

Further to the announcement on Friday, 16th February that Sefton Council’s application to apply for a Judicial Review has been granted, we wanted to take the opportunity to comment on this and to clarify where we currently stand, both as a campaign and as a charity. Rimrose Valley Friends supports the decision to grant a Judicial…

Following Sefton Council’s declaration to join us in publicly opposing the road to be ploughed through Rimrose Valley, a subgroup from the RVF campaign team again met with our local councillors and MPs last month.  The Campaign to Protect Rural England also joined us to show their continued support and to offer their knowledge and experience.…