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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

Sefton Council has today issued a public statement, stating their position on the threat of the dual carriageway through Rimrose Valley, as follows: Leader of Sefton Council Cllr Ian Maher, said: “We know that our communities have felt absolutely devastated since the announcement in August by Highways England that their preferred option is to build…

// // This is amazing! THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU!!! Since we asked on Monday 16th October for people to donate any amount up to £10 towards protecting Rimrose Valley, with each donation being doubled by Local Giving: We’ve had £878 as one off donations from 43 people (including gift aid and the funds…

// // Please will you consider making a donation to Rimrose Valley Friends?  We’re in need of funds to keep going, and in particular for our campaign to fight the road threat through Rimrose Valley. There’s never been a better time to donate because from 10am on Tuesday October 17th 2017 Local Giving will match all…

There’s been a lot happening since our last update, and it’s taken time for enough detail to emerge for us to be able to update people meaningfully. We’ve decided to drop the ‘weekly’ from the name of the update going forward – it was maybe a bit ambitious to say that we’ll update people on a weekly basis when…

Welcome to our second weekly update from the RVF Road Action Group. UPDATE NO 2 – 15th September 2017 The RVF Road Action Group Steering Committee held a planning meeting on Thursday 14th September. Over the next couple of weeks we need to get the word spread across the whole community that Highways England has…

  Welcome to our first weekly update from the RVF Road Action Group.   Please continue to sign and circulate our petition and voice your support to stop the road.  At the time of writing we’re up to 6,230 supporters. Not bad for 1 week.  Let’s work hard to make it thousands more. We need more local…

  We’re stunned We’re sick We’re furious We’re going to fight this We will not permit this act of mindless vandalism We will do this properly We will do this together   The Rimrose Valley Friends Core Team is made up of 7 unpaid individuals who work full time, have families and care massively about protecting…