Superfast Fibre Broadband Availability

A quick survey of which streets in the Riverside Drive area can get superfast fibre broadband.

Tree Felling in Priory Wood

6 trees in Priory Wood are to be removed for safety reasons

Otterspool HUB Festival

Otterspool HUB Festival The award winning Funeral For a Friend will headline the festival along with The Blackout. Young Guns, Mayday Parade and We are in the Crowd will also be playing throughout the weekend. Local bands are being given the opportunity to win a place in the line-up – all they have to do is visit the website, upload a sample of their music and fill in the online application. A panel of local music industry professionals will draw up a shortlist and festival goers will be asked to online and vote for their favourite. Cost For the first time there is a charge of £5 …

Hub Festival 21/22 May 2011

Otterspool HUB Festival The award winning Funeral For a Friend will headline the festival along with The Blackout. Young Guns, Mayday Parade and We are in the Crowd will also be playing throughout the weekend. Local bands are being given the opportunity to win a place in the line-up – all they have to do is visit the website, upload a sample of their music and fill in the online application. A panel of local music industry professionals will draw up a shortlist and festival goers will be asked to online and vote for their favourite. Cost For the first time there is a charge of …

Crime Prevention Weekend 22/23 Jan 2011

The St Michaels Police team will be holding a FREE crime prevention weekend 22/23 Jan 2011 Saturday 22nd January 2011 - Number Plate Screw Fix The purpose of this event is to reduce and prevent vehicle number plates being stolen from vehicles. We use special fixings which secure your number plate to your vehicle. The fixings cannot be removed by criminals. This event will be held in Sefton Park, opposite Livingston Drive, L17. Sunday 23rd January 2011 - Pedal Cycle Identification Marking The purpose of this event is to mark up all pedal cycles with a unique, tamper proof …

Mersey Tidal Power Exhibition

There is a public exhibition on Saturday 15th Jan 2011 at the Britannia Pub on Riverside Drive concerning the Mersey Tidal Power project. The exhibition will provide information about the project and the work undertaken to date, with members of the project team on hand to answer any questions. Feedback forms will be provided to capture the views and ideas of members of the

Winter Council Services

No Longer Live: See here instead http://liverpool.gov.uk/parking-travel-and-roads/winter-gritting/ Updated 1 Jan 2011 () A useful webpage on the council website is at http://www.liverpool.gov.uk/news/weather_conditions.asp This will be constantly changing so make sure you check the Council site for uptodate information. As of 1 Jan 2011 it says... Crews are working hard to collect the backlog caused by the severe weather and the festive holidays. Residents are asked to continue to put out their purple and blue bins and continue to refer to the dates on their calendar The …

Participatory Budgeting: Come and Find Out More

Liverpool City Council’s Neighbourhood Management Services, working with Liverpool Charity & Voluntary Services, would like to invite you to an information event on ‘Participatory Budgeting’ that will take place this month at: St Hilda’s CE High School, Croxteth Drive, L17 3AL, Thursday 22 April, 5-7pm Free buffet and refreshments Free raffle – for your chance to win an iconic Liverpool souvenir During 2009/10, Liverpool City Council delivered a Participatory Budgeting event in each ward in the city. These ‘Community Funding Events’ gave local residents the …

United Utilities Land For Sale by Auction

The land by "The Gates" at the corner where Promenade Gardens, Dingle Road and Dingle Lane meet is for sale by auction by United Utilities on 25 Feb 2010 at Manchester United Football Ground. The full details of Lot 104 can be seen at Pugh Auctions website There are various reports available for download on the website which are well worth a read not only for a description of the land but also if you are interested in its history and that of the surrounding area. (Click Download Legal Documents to see

Disposal of Landscape Maintenance Depot at Otterspool

A recent council meeting resolved that...

... having given due consideration to the objections received as a result of the advertisement of the disposal of the former Landscape Maintenance Depot and adjacent land, Otterspool Drive site as shown shaded blue on the plan submitted, they be not sustained and that the decision (Minute No. 77 (b)) of the Board of 9 October 2009 to grant an agreement for a 125 year lease, conditional on satisfactory planning consent, of the former Landscape Maintenance Depot and adjacent land, Otterspool Drive as shown verged on the Plan No 16,716 submitted …

Tree Preservation Order

The City Council has issued a Tree Preservation Order that prohibits anyone from cutting down, topping or lopping any of the trees in the designated area. The designated area covers the trees starting at Promenade Gardens where Shorefields Village is on one side and Thistledown Close on the other. Continuing round Glendale Close / Orchid Grove and The Bulrushes, at the edge of Ellerman Road. Then round between Riverside Drive and Floral Wood. Also the trees between Floral Wood and Cottonwood. The preservation order has been issued because

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Penguin Spotted

Did anybody else spot that Penguin having his photo taken yesterday morning down by the river just past the Britannia Pub next to the new funnels. It must be a Go Penguin who escaped a bit early. He didn't stay long though and there is no sign of him