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......

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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....

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...

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...

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...

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...