Shropshire Councillor for Ludlow North
Shropshire Councillor for Ludlow North
As most residents in the area will know by now, Sandpits Avenue will be closed to buses from this Thursday, 24 November 2022 to 24 February 2023. The 701 service, instead of turning onto Sandpits Road and travelling along the…
A couple of weeks ago, I had the opportunity to travel on a prototype electric bus in Shrewsbury. This was a small hopper bus, designed to run around routes at high frequency but without large passenger loads. This style of…
The road safety scheme installed by Shropshire Council outside Ludlow Primary School on Sandpits Road a year ago doesn’t work. If anything, it speeds up traffic approaching the school gates because it has a low profile and a smooth surface.…
Buses are the cinderella of transport. We hear a lot about trains, the inconvenience of delays, strikes and buckled rails. But we don’t hear much about buses. Yet there were more than four billion local bus passenger journeys in England…
Ludlow councillors and Philip Dunne have been working towards getting a lift installed at Ludlow Station for several years. The lift was approved under the Access for All Scheme in April 2019. Since then, it has gone rather quiet. Earlier…
The UK Health Security Agency has issued a Level 4 alert for the first time. That declares a national emergency. The Met Office has issued its first Red Alert for extreme heat. A Met Office Red Alert is in place…