16 December 2024 / 14 February 2025 by patrickvs
CONFUSED councillors are scratching their heads as hospital patients and staff are still suffering long queues while perfectly good car parks stand empty close by. Cllr Andrew Cross, supported by other Green Party councillors, has now set up an online petition calling for an urgent solution to the gridlock at Worcestershire Royal Hospital in Worcester […]
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15 December 2024 / 14 February 2025 by patrickvs
Getting more children cycling or walking to school is behind a new petition asking road safety improvements in Worcester. Tor Pingree, Green Party councillor for St Clement, has launched the petition calling for greater investment in enabling children to get to school safely. The petition highlights how active travel, such as walking, wheeling or cycling, […]
2 December 2024 / 19 December 2024 by patrickvs
Worcester schools are being urged to join a scheme which encourages pupils to walk, wheel, cycle or scoot on their daily journeys to school. Parents and teachers are being asked to consider leaving their car at home and use greener travel methods, including public transport, to help reduce carbon emissions around school buildings. Benefits include […]
9 September 2024 / 9 September 2024 by Patrick
TEN years since the closure of Worcester’s park and ride scheme, calls are being made for its return. Councillors said it would ease congestion in the city centre and have a “significant impact” on pollution. The park and ride site at Perdiswell was scrapped in 2014 as part of £1.6 million worth of cost-cutting measures by […]
31 July 2024 / 20 August 2024 by Patrick
PARTS of Worcester could miss out on electric vehicle charging points because of options not being considered by the county council. That’s the view of city council officers and councillors, who say a lack of off-street parking in the city means there are limited solutions available. Worcestershire County Council’s cabinet approved draft plans for a […]
24 July 2024 / 24 July 2024 by Patrick
The Worcester Play Plan was approved by the council last year and set out to “plug the gaps” in play areas and invest in them for children over the next decade. Perdiswell and Battenhall have been earmarked to get a new outdoor play area and pump track for bikes respectively. Play facilities at Cornmeadow Lane, […]
