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Hereford & South Herefordshire Transport
11 October 2018 by
The Inquiry will examine whether it is in the public interest for land to be compulsorily purchased to build the SLR. The Inquiry will be held in the Bridge Room at Hereford Left Bank. Starts at 10 AM on 30 October and runs for seven days (excluding weekend), closing on 7 November. It is open […]
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Comment Hereford & South Herefordshire Jeremy Milln Transport
30 July 2018 by
The correspondence below illustrates how public support for the Hereford Bypass is being mis-represented. Our position is that the recent consultation showed that only 41% of the public who took part want a Bypass. And some of the 41% may have been saying Yes to an Eastern Bypass. By ‘working the numbers’ Herefordshire Council wants […]
Press releases Transport
20 July 2018 by
From Trish Marsh, published 19 July 2018 Dear Editor, Herefordshire looks set to be squeezed over transport choices due to bus service cuts and an anticipated rise in fuel duty. A new national report – ‘Buses in Crisis’ – shows Herefordshire is hardest hit in the West Midlands following 31.25% cuts to council funding of […]
Comment Transport
7 May 2018 by
Toni Fagan’s article in the May 2018 edition of The Hedge. Are we really going to build the Hereford Bypass through such a special landscape and ruin it forever? Wye Ruin It? Sometimes – often, we don’t realise what we have lost until it is gone. With this thought nagging me like a tired child I […]
Hereford & South Herefordshire Herefordshire Council Transport
15 March 2018 by
The consultation closes on Tuesday 20th March. An exhibition of bypass routes and possible improvements to support for cycling, walking and public transport will be open at Hereford Library on Friday 16th, Saturday 17th and Monday 19th March Background information about the Bypass, and an on-line consultation response form is on the Council website here. […]
Climate change Richard Priestley Transport
3 March 2018 by
Many countries are now setting themselves the goal of moving from petrol and diesel powered transportation systems to very much cleaner technologies. The UK, like many countries has set itself the goal of banning sales of new fossil fuelled vehicles by 2040. Norway plans to do so by 2025. Many people still don’t seem to […]
Big Green Conversation Transport
21 February 2018 by
Herefordshire Council is pressing ahead with its plan to build a ‘Western Relief Road’ or as it’s now known the ‘Hereford Bypass’. This Big Green Conversation will discuss the proposals for the new road and bridge over the River Wye between Belmont and Breinton. And look at the alternatives. 7.30pm in De Koffie Pot, Left […]
Ellie Chowns Herefordshire Council streets Transport
2 February 2018 by
Potholes and other road-related issues are high up my list of priorities at the moment, as residents often contact me about them. I have to admit I’m rather frustrated that we still don’t have a Balfour Beatty (BBLP) locality steward for the ward – I’ve got an ever-growing list of issues to take up with […]
Hereford & South Herefordshire Rob Palgrave Transport
1 February 2018 by
Road building is seldom off the agenda at Herefordshire Council meetings, and last month (January) the controversial subject of ‘The Bypass’ got a really thorough airing. On one side we had the Council (or perhaps, rather the Cabinet) who want a sort of M25 for Hereford. On the other was a determined group of activists […]
31 January 2018 by
I met the Head of Highways, Clive Hall, last Friday, which was very helpful. One of the things we talked about was learning lessons from the A4103 resurfacing road closures in autumn 2017. Clive explained some of the background (including the delays due to the unexpected General Election purdah period), and I made two main […]
Ellie Chowns Herefordshire Council North Herefordshire Transport
16 October 2017 by
From Dr Ellie Chowns (Green Party), Bishop’s Frome & Cradley Ward 16 October 2017 Dear Councillor Johnson, Re: Road closures for resurfacing work on the A4103 I will shortly be a candidate in the Herefordshire Council by-election at Bishop’s Frome & Cradley and I have been busy talking to residents about their concerns. Without a […]
Comment economy Transport
21 August 2017 by
Letter to Hereford Times 17 August 2017 Startling claim MR A W Johnson, leader of Herefordshire Council writes about the need for a Hereford bypass (letters column July 13 ) citing as reasons, future traffic management and opening up the space for 6,500 houses and businesses which must be built by 2030. He goes […]
Diana Toynbee Diana Toynbee for Hereford Transport
Letter to Hereford Times 17 August 2017 River’s role THERE are interesting links to be made between recent items in the Hereford Times. The river party ‘Wye Float’, and Herefordshire Lore’s new project ‘River Voices: Stories from the Wye’ are just two examples of the central role this beautiful river plays in our lives. And […]
Central Ward Hereford & South Herefordshire streets Topics Transport
12 May 2017 by Green Party Admin
Roads in Hereford are full of potholes and getting worse. It’s partly because the Council spend money in the wrong places, says local Green campaigner Rob Hattersley. ‘We estimate the Council have spent up to £3million just on surveys for a bypass’, said Rob, who lives in Bartonsham. ‘Yet they can’t even find money to […]
Big Green Conversation Comment Hereford & South Herefordshire Richard Priestley Topics Transport
2 May 2017 by Green Party Admin
Local activist and environmental blogger Richard Priestley presents a talk entitled: ‘Sustainable Transport, Local & Global?’ on Wednesday 10th May, 7.30pm at De Koffie Pot, Left Bank, Hereford. This is part of Left Bank’s regular Politics, Ethic’s and Ecology evenings most Wednesdays. What might ‘optimal transport’ look like? Do some people suffer from excessive mobility and others […]
Air quality Central Ward Climate change Comment Hereford & South Herefordshire Rob Hattersley Topics Transport
7 March 2017 by Green Party Admin
Another week, another argument between our local politicians about a western, eastern or both route for a bypass which will miraculously solve all our traffic woes. The western route is supported by the Conservative county council and what’s left of the Lib Dems. It relies on massive housing development which will fill the roads up […]
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Leominster News North Herefordshire Topics Transport
5 February 2017 by Green Party Admin
There is real concern among traders and residents over Herefordshire Council’s proposed sell-off of part of Broad Street Car Park. Local councillors Felicity Norman and Jenny Bartlett have raised residents’ and traders’ questions with the council over loss of parking space, impact on businesses and protection of the riverside. The Green councillors told Conservative-led Herefordshire […]
3 February 2017 by Green Party Admin
Deep funding cuts by Herefordshire Council have left many local bus services in a sorry state. Now work by Leominster Greens and others to restore some vital bus links by getting the town and parish councils working together is paying off. Ludlow Town Council has agreed to back Leominster’s initiative on the 490 service between […]
Central Ward Hereford & South Herefordshire Topics Transport
26 January 2017 by Green Party Admin
Residents in Hereford city are being urged to take part in a city wide travel survey. The survey results will be used to make sure the council’s transport model for the city remains up to date.Hereford is undergoing an unprecedented period of change and regeneration; the data captured will ensure the council’s transport modelling is […]
Climate change Cycling Health and NHS Hereford & South Herefordshire Rob Hattersley Topics Transport
9 January 2017 by Green Party Admin
The news that Herefordshire Council has again failed to get funding to progress a bypass should make us all stop to think. Do we want to solve our traffic problems right now, or would we prefer to suffer another 20 years in traffic jams as we wait for them to find the money? Most of […]
National and global Topics Transport
3 January 2017 by Green Party Admin
In what is quickly becoming the only punctual thing about our privatised rail system, the annual increase in rail fares came into effect yesterday. This year, prices have gone up by 2.3%. And in the last decade, fares have gone up at twice the rate of wages. This is effectively forcing people off the railways, […]
Bromyard North Herefordshire Transport
29 December 2016 by Green Party Admin
In the early part of the Summer, we carried out a survey, asking a cross section of the residents about traffic calming ideas in the High Street and Broad Street. They voted in favour of a 20 m.p.h. speed limit and to restrict H.G.V.s in this area. We documented the results and passed them onto […]
Hereford & South Herefordshire Herefordshire Topics Transport
22 December 2016 by Green Party Admin
Marches LEP and Herefordshire Council are pressing ahead with their scheme to build Hereford’s north-south bypass, including a new crossing of the river Wye to the west of the city. They applied to the Department for Transport for funding (c £1.9m) to help develop the Outline Business Case and the planning application. The application documents […]
At Bromyard Greens meeting on 1st February, we have invited Gordon Coppock, who has an interest in and has invested much time in various alternative energy projects, which includes producing an electric car, which he put together here in Bromyard. Some of the parts were made by a local firm. We have a Speed Festival here […]
