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Metro Mayor's letter to Grant Shapps
Following on from the news earlier this week that Liverpool City Region's Metro Mayor, Steve Rotheram, has written to Transport...
Save Rimrose Valley
Jun 9, 20222 min read
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PRESS RELEASE: Metro Mayor backs calls for sustainable alternatives to port access
Liverpool City Region Metro Mayor, Steve Rotheram, has written [1] to Transport Secretary, Grant Shapps, asking him to reconsider the...
Save Rimrose Valley
Jun 7, 20222 min read
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PRESS RELEASE: Unions join calls for alternatives to Port of Liverpool Access Road
Trade unions have unanimously passed a motion [1] at the TUC’s North West conference calling on the Executive to support efforts to...
Save Rimrose Valley
Apr 29, 20222 min read
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Do Sefton’s disused railway lines hold the key to port access?
A question our campaign is often asked is; why can’t Sefton’s network of railway lines solve the problem of port access? Many members of...
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Apr 26, 20221 min read
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Sefton Council's Letter to DfT
Following on from the recent press coverage of this story, we wanted to share Sefton Council's letter to the Department of Transport in...
Save Rimrose Valley
Apr 20, 20221 min read
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PRESS RELEASE: Council blasts DfT’s claims that port access road is linked to housing
Leading Sefton Councillors have blasted claims, made by the Department for Transport (DfT) in a letter to Save Rimrose Valley [1], that...
Save Rimrose Valley
Apr 8, 20223 min read
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Ways we can support Ukraine
We're acutely aware of what is happening in Ukraine and we know that the Rimrose Valley communities are passionate about supporting...
Save Rimrose Valley
Mar 7, 20221 min read
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Can new Active Travel Commissioner Chris Boardman help our cause?
You may remember that, following Chris Boardman's appointment to Active Travel Commissioner, we wrote to him to make him aware of our...
Save Rimrose Valley
Feb 17, 20222 min read
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PRESS RELEASE: National Highways hiding climate impact of Port of Liverpool Access Road
National Highways’ delay in publishing the full, projected carbon emissions arising from its controversial Port of Liverpool Access Road...
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Feb 17, 20222 min read
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Same old, same old from the DfT
It has been a few weeks since we received a letter from the Strategic Roads Division of the Department for Transport. Not the Minister we...
Save Rimrose Valley
Feb 8, 20229 min read
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Sign and share our updated petition!
Incredibly, it is 4 and a half years since National Highways announced its plans to build a road through Rimrose Valley. This means that...
Save Rimrose Valley
Feb 2, 20221 min read
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TfN's Freight & Logistics Strategy Consultation OPEN!
Transport for the North is currently consulting on its first Freight and Logistics Strategy until Monday 31st January, 2022. This offers...
Save Rimrose Valley
Jan 18, 20221 min read
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PRESS RELEASE: Government snubs alternatives to Port of Liverpool Access Road
Campaigners in Liverpool are furious at the latest snub from the Department for Transport, which they believe is actively obstructing the...
Save Rimrose Valley
Jan 17, 20222 min read
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Response from Department for Transport
Shortly before Christmas, we wrote to Transport Minister, Trudy Harrison MP, and we shared our letter here As mentioned, we did so...
Save Rimrose Valley
Jan 12, 20221 min read
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Our Letter to Transport Minister, Trudy Harrison MP
Shortly before Christmas, we wrote to Transport Minister, Trudy Harrison MP. She was appointed to the Department from Transport at the...
Save Rimrose Valley
Jan 4, 20221 min read
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PRESS RELEASE: Zero emission alternative to Port of Liverpool access road offers hope
A pioneering underground freight transport technology, contained in Sefton Council’s 2020 ARUP Port Access Report [1], offers a...
Save Rimrose Valley
Nov 22, 20213 min read
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PRESS RELEASE: Huge turnout for Liverpool’s COP26 demonstration
Supporters of the Save Rimrose Valley campaign joined thousands of others at a mass demonstration on Saturday 6th November to highlight...
Save Rimrose Valley
Nov 8, 20212 min read
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Our ongoing correspondence with Peel Ports
We are keen to follow up on our recent correspondence with Peel Ports' CEO Mark Whitworth, so we have written to him again. You can read...
Save Rimrose Valley
Oct 11, 20211 min read
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Would National Highways dare to ‘rebrand’ The Port of Liverpool Access Scheme?
In case you missed it, Highways England rebranded on Thursday 19th August. The government’s road building company is now known as...
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Sep 29, 20214 min read
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Our response to Peel Ports' open letter
As the lines of communication with Peel Ports are open (...ish) we wanted to respond to their recent correspondence and the points they...
Save Rimrose Valley
Sep 23, 202112 min read
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