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We have written to Peel Ports, requesting a meeting with them in order to explore whether there is any possibility of gaining their support to pursue an alternative solution to the road through Rimrose Valley. We are acutely aware that this is a sensitive issue and that this may be viewed as a controversial step,…

As you may have seen on his social media accounts last week and in the local press, Bill Esterson MP has joined Peter Dowd MP in publicly supporting our calls for an alternative solution to the proposed road through Rimrose Valley.  This is a welcome and significant development.  This is because Mr Esterson is also…

We’ve put together a panel of speakers who will be available for radio and TV interviews when needed.  There will be some basic training provided so that each one knows what to do and say, and we’re in the early stages of engaging with a marketing and PR company to help us with our communications and to get…

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 Donate to our campaign…

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…