Showing posts with label Transport. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Transport. Show all posts

Wednesday, 10 November 2010

Hightown Investigation

Hightown Councillor John Gibson, together with activist Andrew Shields,are calling for thorough consultation over the dangerous North End Lane junction of the Hightown/ Formby bypass. In April, Sefton Council approved a sum of £12,000 to commence design on a scheme to reduce collisions at this junction.

“The consultation process is a timely one, all residents and businesses need to be properly consulted,” argues Andrew Shields. “Yet, to close off the junction completely, as the Tories argue, will seriously affect the speed in which emergency services can access Hightown. A knee jerk reaction is not acceptable; all options need to be carefully looked into.”

Thornton Link Gets Green Light

Despite Labour MP Bill Esterson claiming in numerous newspaper
articles and on his website that the Government had ‘axed’ the
Thornton to Switch Island link road - The Coalition has agreed to
fund it.

Councillor John Gibson said: “I am delighted by this news. Local LibDem councillors, residents and Thornton Parish Council have been battling away for decades - and now there is light at the end of the tunnel.”