Victoria Ward Councillors

11/9/18. Rumour today is that PM has shelved the report.

Boundary Commission report out today(10/9/18). Recommends moving Victoria Ward from Bootle into Sefton Central. Mp Bill Esterson. Has to be approved by Parliament. Source : BCE Consultation Portal

65 Coronation Road Crosby Liverpool L23 5RE   DC/2018/01335 | Change of use of the ground floor retail unit (A1) to a hot food takeaway (A5) involving changes to shop front and a single storey rear extension to the ground floor flat 

This Has been withdrawn. 8/9/18

Frankies has announced today 16/08/18 that they have the keys for Unit 1 Glenn Buildings South, are starting their fitting out and should be open  in 4-6 weeks.

“Crosby Fones” has opened today at number 16 Endbutt Lane . The are open for repairs and accessories at the moment until stock arrives next week. Computer and phone repairs.  The owner Joe Fergusson from Halsall said that he offers a one year warranty on any repair. The company have a shop in Ormskirk and are about to open in Tarleton.

The company do a lot IT support for for Schools in the Ormskirk area.

The application (DC/2018/01439) for “Change of use of ground floor from coffee shop to bistro/bar” has raised a lot of local interest and includes an on-line petition to the Licensing officers.

The application states:- “It should be pointed out that there will be no vertical drinking and alcohol will be provided with tapas style meals and charcuterie”

New Merseyrail train

In two years’ time, Merseyrail passengers will be travelling in style on board a fleet of new, state-of-the-art trains which will transform travel in the Liverpool City Region and potentially beyond.

Arriving in 2020, the new trains are being built and will be maintained by Swiss manufacturer, Stadler, as part of a £460million project managed by Merseytravel on behalf of the Liverpool City Region Combined Authority.

The new trains have lower floors at all doorways and incorporate sliding step technology which will lead to provision of unassisted access for all and represent a pioneering approach for the UK in terms of accessibility.

Platforms across the Merseyrail network will need to be adjusted to accommodate the new trains. Merseytravel, Merseyrail and Network Rail have investigated whether work could be undertaken outside of operational railway hours only, but it would take more than 2 years of continuous night time working to complete all the platforms and this would be significantly more disruptive to communities around stations. In addition as the new trains start to be delivered July 2019 for testing with all units expected to be in service by mid-2020, work in this way was not a practically possible.

At 4:40am on the morning of 10th of August many were awoken by a huge thunderclap and ground strike which according to monitors struck in or near the vicinity of Regent road/Princes Avenue/ Alexandra Park.

Here is a recording of that strike, recorded from 268 metres away.

Alexandra Park, Great Crosby