The owner of 34 Mulgrave Road is seeking planning permission to extend the building – in effect adding an extra storey to the top of the block of flats. As local Councillors, we object to these proposals. While there is a need for more accommodation, the changes to the building will make it look incongruous […]

City of York Council has published its highways maintenance programme for 2023/24, available HERE. Decisions about which roads and footpaths are resurfaced are made by council officers, not by councillors. In Dringhouses & Woodthorpe ward, £211,000 has been allocated for much-needed resurfacing of Moor Lane between the junctions with Cairnborrow and Eden Close. It is […]

In response to a request from local councillors, officers managing the Tadcaster Road highway / drainage / active travel scheme have made more information available on the location and duration of temporary traffic lights. The implementation of temporary traffic lights at the junction of Tadcaster Road and Knavesmire Road has understandably led to delays, and […]

Councillor Stephen Fenton has asked council officers to work with Transdev to implement a change to the timetable for the number 12 bus service so that it will enable young people to get to school on time. Transdev took over the route on 23 January after First Bus decided to withdraw from running the service. […]

Over 1,000 residents have signed a petition launched in December following an announcement by First that they plan to axe the number 12 bus service from 22nd January. The online and hard copy petition – and an accompanying survey – was organised by Lib Dem councillors representing the Dringhouses & Woodthorpe and Westfield wards, as […]

The local Lib Dem team has vowed to fight to retain local bus services after news emerged that First is planning to withdraw the number 12 / 12A service entirely from 22nd January. The route is now being put out to tender in the hope that an operator will take it on and offer a […]

Dringhouses & Woodthorpe Lib Dem councillor Ashley Mason has expressed concern at the potential impact of the decision by bus operator Transdev to axe the CityZap service between York and Leeds. The service, which will cease operating on 19th November, has proved very popular with residents in Dringhouses who live along the route and commute […]

The first bus forum for K&M since 2019 will take place next month. If you wish to attend this meeting please email susan.m.watt@aberdeenshire.gov.uk  KINCARDINE AND MEARNS AREA BUS FORUM  Viewmount Council Chambers,   Stonehaven  Wednesday 05 October 2022  7.30 pm – 9.00 pm  AGENDA  Welcome and Introduction  Minutes of Meeting on 31st October 2019  Matters arising […]

The pedestrian and cycle tunnel under the railway line at Hob Moor is to close temporarily for improvement works to be undertaken by Network Rail in the form of lighting. Signage has appeared at the entrances to the underpass stating that it will be closed from Monday 15 August to Friday 2 September inclusive.

My Lib Dem colleagues and I have criticised Stagecoach over cancellations and cuts to key bus services in Guildford and Woking. From yesterday, the 1 and 2 bus service in Guildford, have been reduced to every 30 minutes – and from Monday 25th July, the 91 bus service in Woking will reduce to 15 minutes during […]