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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.…

It seems that sometimes, Highways England just can’t help themselves.  What if we told you that, at a recent annual New Civil Engineer Tunnelling Awards 2017 (I know, you couldn’t make it up, could you?) Tim Jones from Highways England waxed lyrical on how “Communities have an increasingly powerful voice, particularly in key areas such…

As the dust begins to settle on the recent developments surrounding the plans to build a road through Rimrose Valley, we wanted to share our view on these and bring you up-to-date on our recent work. As far as Christmas presents go, Highways England’s press release on 21st December, 2017 was something Scrooge himself would have…

Christmas for thousands of residents who rely on Rimrose Valley for their essential green space and fresh air was spoiled by Highways England last week as they used the festive season to repeat their mean spirited and antagonistic position that a tunnel option has been dismissed and will not be reconsidered.  Their recent press release…

Donations to our cause continue to come in and the level of support we are receiving from the community is incredible.  It demonstrates to us just how much people cherish Rimrose Valley – enough to part with their hard-earned money to help to protect it!  Why are donations important?  You will be aware from previous updates…

We have two main objectives to our campaign.  The first is to change the minds of those in power at Westminster and get them to reverse the decision to build the road through Rimrose Valley.  The second is to bring the community together and to raise awareness of what a wonderful place and resource Rimrose…

We are pleased to announce that 2018 will see the introduction of a number of regular walks led by Sefton Council’s Park Rangers – the experts in the flora and fauna of Rimrose Valley.  We’ll share more details on these as soon as they have been finalised. In the meantime, you may have noticed that…

In further steps to raise national awareness of our campaign, Chair of Rimrose Valley Friends, Si Smith, was recently invited to meet Crispin Truman OBE, the CEO of the Campaign to Protect Rural England (CPRE) and Nick Thompson, the Chair of Lancashire CPRE.  CPRE are another useful contact as they meet with Westminster politicians regularly on important,…