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In 2017, Highways England announced that they wanted to build a dual carriageway right through the middle of Rimrose Valley, a country park in Sefton near Liverpool. The only green space in a heavily populated and urbanised area. The purpose of this dual carriageway? To increase the capacity of the nearby Port of Liverpool, owned by Peel Ports. A privately owned organisation based in the Isle of Man. The WE SAID NO podcast tells the story of how the campaign to fight the road and the damage ...
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Sefton Air Pollution. Take a deep breath.
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In this special edition of our podcast series we are revisiting the topic of air pollution. We last covered this in 2021 and heard about just some of the impacts the poor air quality in our part of Sefton has on people’s lives. In this episode, we delve even deeper into the subject. Our charity, Rimrose Valley Friends, recently secured funding to r…
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We’re approaching the end of winter and spring is on its way! With that in mind, we decided to take a closer look at one of the most popular projects our charity, Rimrose Valley Friends, has delivered in recent years. The creation of a wildflower meadow at the centre of the old Chaffers’ running track reinvigorated a neglected section of the parkla…
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Looking back on 2022. And looking forward to 2023.
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As 2022 comes to an end, members of our campaign team caught up to mull over the year, to reflect on some of the key developments, and to revisit some of the other projects undertaken by our charity, Rimrose Valley Friends. 2023 is set to be a pivotal year in the fight against the road proposal, with National Highways expected to hold its long awai…
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On Friday 26th August, a group of Save Rimrose Valley campaigners consisting of children, parents and grandparents hit the road and boarded a coach to Manchester. The trip was the campaign’s latest protest as they took the fight to the regional headquarters of National Highways - the public body responsible for the plans to bulldoze Rimrose Valley.…
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In this episode we focus on the game of football and how Rimrose Valley and the green space surrounding it hosts numerous, pitches clubs and leagues. We look at the massive physical and mental health benefits that come with people of all ages playing our national game all year round, and how National Highway’s proposed road through the valley will …
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Episode 8 – Do Sefton’s disused railway lines hold the key to port access?
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A question our campaign is often asked is; why can’t Sefton’s network of railway lines solve the problem of port access? Many members of the community have pointed out the number of disused railway lines running from the dock that were active up until the 1980’s. In this episode we investigate how these used to operate by visiting some of the locat…
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It's been an eventful and a positive year for the campaign. We've had protest events that were covered nationally. Activities and educational events on the valley for the first time in what seems like forever. In a year where most of us haven't had the best of times, here's our review of some of the good things that have happened in 2021.…
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Episode 7 – Underground Freight Transport: A REAL alternative to the Port Access Road
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In 2020, Sefton Council commissioned engineering consultancy firm ARUP, world leaders in sustainable infrastructure, to look at different ways of transporting freight containers in and out of busy ports in locations such as ours. Among the options presented was Underground Freight Transport (UFT); a pioneering technology owned by Cambridgeshire-bas…
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Episode 6 - Voices from Rimrose - Esther's Story
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Rimrose Valley means so much to so many people of all ages. In a fascinating departure from our investigative episodes of the We Said No podcast series, we’ll talk to people who have a wealth of stories and experiences about the park. Their park. Esther recently attended her first ever protest event. On the 20th August 2021, along with nearly 1000 …
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On Friday 20th August more that 1,000 people gathered together on Rimrose Valley to make their views known and to hear from speakers that included local MPs and Councillors, national environmental groups and transport campaigners. We heard about the non-road alternatives that Highways England want to ignore. And calls for parity in how transport sc…
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Episode 4: Air Pollution - The Invisible Killer
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It is estimated that air pollution kills up to 40,000 people each year in the UK alone. But what does this shocking statistic have to do with Highways England’s proposed road through Rimrose Valley? In this episode we pick our way through the complicated issue of air quality in South Sefton. We hear from people already suffering the damaging effect…
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The controversial road proposal covered in this podcast series is called the Port of Liverpool Access Scheme and yet, whilst the port’s owners, Peel Ports, are regularly in the news cheering the expansion of their operations, you won’t hear them talking about their Port Access Road. Ever. So, we’ve done this for them. Here, we share the views and c…
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In Episode Two, we hear how a small, but committed team of people, determined to stop a road being built through their local country park, soon come to realise that this is part of a much bigger problem. They learn about the wider environmental and public health impacts of road-building and gain the support of leading, national organisations. This …
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In 2017, Highways England announced that they wanted to build a dual carriageway right through the middle of Rimrose Valley, a country park in Sefton near Liverpool. The only green space in a heavily populated and urbanised area. The purpose of this dual carriageway? To increase the capacity of the nearby Port of Liverpool, owned by Peel Ports. A p…
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Rimrose Valley - The beginnings of change
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In episode 1, we learn about the origins and the history of Rimrose Valley and its creation. And how the plans by Highways England, the Government's own road building company, affected the communities that surrounded it. A community that relied upon it. Known as the green lung of Sefton, Rimrose Valley has grown and matured into a green space that …
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