The juction of Brassey Street and Laird Street
before planting
The same location after planting making the area more attractive for walking and cycling
Wirral Green Streets and Green Infrastructure around Wirral Waters
Green Streets
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Tuesday, 12 November 2013
The Mersey Forest to deliver 12km of greened streets in Wirral by 2015
Read all about the tree planting in the Wirral as part of the Local Sustainable Transport Fund.Part funded by the Department of Tranport.
Read about the aspirations for an improved Wirral Waters and the green infrastructure around it in our Wirral case study and find out where else The Mersey Forest
is planning on planting trees across Merseyside as part of the programme.
http://www.merseyforest.org.uk/green_streets_case_study.pdf
Ilchester Park to get Investment in Access, Play and Green Infrastructure
A project to transform Illchester Park in the Wirral into a vibrant and attractive greenspace has been given a funding boost from The Veolia Environmental Trust.
Ilchester Park in Birkenhead has been awarded the Community Forest Trust a grant of £67,055 through the Landfill Communities Fund towards developing the park.
It is anticipated that the project, which will be delivered by
The Mersey Forest Team, will lay new paths, plant trees and wildflowers to enhance the park's biodiversity, and install an exciting new play area. Access has been a key issue for the park with limited paths connecting from the main roads and railway station nearby.
New trees will give a greater sense of enclosure to the park whilst maintaining the open aspect that members of the community said they liked about the park. This grant will see more than £100,000 being invested in the park through The Mersey Forest since 2012.
Speaking about the awarding of the funding, The Mersey Forest Team’s Green Streets
Co-ordinator, Ben Greenaway, said: "This is great news for our project. "The grant is very welcome and we look forward to working with the Trust team to ensure our plans become real and benefit both the community of Birkenhead and its wildlife."
Paul Taylor, executive director of The Veolia Environmental Trust, added: "This grant is a great example of how the Trust and the Landfill Communities Fund makes a real difference to all types of communities across the UK.
Further investment is being made throught the Forestry Commission's Setting The Scene For Growth Programme that The Mersey Forest are utlilising which comes from the Department of Business Innvovation and skills.This will see more than 1200 street and green space trees planted across Bidston and Birkenhead by 2015.
& visualised with landscaping and trees
The Mersey Forest Team, will lay new paths, plant trees and wildflowers to enhance the park's biodiversity, and install an exciting new play area. Access has been a key issue for the park with limited paths connecting from the main roads and railway station nearby.
New trees will give a greater sense of enclosure to the park whilst maintaining the open aspect that members of the community said they liked about the park. This grant will see more than £100,000 being invested in the park through The Mersey Forest since 2012.
Speaking about the awarding of the funding, The Mersey Forest Team’s Green Streets
Co-ordinator, Ben Greenaway, said: "This is great news for our project. "The grant is very welcome and we look forward to working with the Trust team to ensure our plans become real and benefit both the community of Birkenhead and its wildlife."
Paul Taylor, executive director of The Veolia Environmental Trust, added: "This grant is a great example of how the Trust and the Landfill Communities Fund makes a real difference to all types of communities across the UK.
Further investment is being made throught the Forestry Commission's Setting The Scene For Growth Programme that The Mersey Forest are utlilising which comes from the Department of Business Innvovation and skills.This will see more than 1200 street and green space trees planted across Bidston and Birkenhead by 2015.
Looking
across Illchester Park towards Birkenhead North Railway Station from Stanley Rd
As it appears now
& visualised with landscaping and trees
Saturday, 5 October 2013
Tender for phase two of the programme is let for Wirral Green Streets
Further to extensive work with residents and partners the second phase of street tree planting has been tendered to companies through Cheshire West and Chester Council's CHEST, an on line procurement initiative that allows registered landscape companies to tender for this type of work.The tender will ensure that the programme realises best value for the investment in this part of Wirral and will ensure that the contract is delivered to a high specification.
Work on the tree planting is set to start in January 2014 with over 200 trees planted on Cleveland St, price St, Beaufort Rd,Shore Rd, Tower Rd and parts of Argyll and Hamilton Streets.
Some trees like those pictured will be removed and replaced with larger trees with a greater volume of soil in their tree pit which will help the tree realise its potential and be more sustainable in terms of helping Wirral adapt to climate change.Tree typically are 7 degrees celcius cooler under the canopy and filter pollutants out of the air on busy transport routes.
Trees around Price St and Cleveland St will make by the approaches to and through the area more presentable and more attractive to inward investment. Business areas have increased value where green infrastructure is part of the immediate landscape.
Work on the tree planting is set to start in January 2014 with over 200 trees planted on Cleveland St, price St, Beaufort Rd,Shore Rd, Tower Rd and parts of Argyll and Hamilton Streets.
Some trees like those pictured will be removed and replaced with larger trees with a greater volume of soil in their tree pit which will help the tree realise its potential and be more sustainable in terms of helping Wirral adapt to climate change.Tree typically are 7 degrees celcius cooler under the canopy and filter pollutants out of the air on busy transport routes.
Trees around Price St and Cleveland St will make by the approaches to and through the area more presentable and more attractive to inward investment. Business areas have increased value where green infrastructure is part of the immediate landscape.
Wednesday, 4 September 2013
Travel along greened sustainable transport route on you security marked bike
Travel along greened sustainable transport route on you security marked bike.
Come along to your local station to get your bike security marked for free!!
Bike Security Marking Tuesday 10th September 2013 with The British Transport Police will be at the following Liverpool rail stations to mark your bike
In Liverpool
• Liverpool Lime Street 15:30 - 17:00
• St Michaels Aigburth 18:00 - 20:00
In Wirral:
• Hamilton Square 0800 - 1030
• Conway Park 1530 - 1800
Come along to your local station to get your bike security marked for free!!
Bike Security Marking Tuesday 10th September 2013 with The British Transport Police will be at the following Liverpool rail stations to mark your bike
In Liverpool
• Liverpool Lime Street 15:30 - 17:00
• St Michaels Aigburth 18:00 - 20:00
In Wirral:
• Hamilton Square 0800 - 1030
• Conway Park 1530 - 1800
Saturday, 3 August 2013
New footbridge for Birkenhead North Station
SECOND PHASE OF IMPROVEMENT WORK TO BEGIN AT BIRKENHEAD NORTH STATION
'Work on the second phase of improvements at Birkenhead North Station is set to begin this month.
Phase one saw the creation of a new 274 space car park with Blue Badge parking, lighting, CCTV coverage, secure fencing and provision of adequate drainage.
Phase 2, which is due to be completed by March 2014, will see the installation of a fully accessible pedestrian bridge, equipped with passenger lifts, linking the car park to both platforms.
Phase 1 was financed through the European Union’s European Regional Development Fund (ERDF) but the grant funding did not cover the cost of phase 2, which has been funded from a number of sources including rail industry finance, money from the Department for Transport and Merseytravel'.
Hopefully the Green Streets project can get some trees along the front of Beaufort Rd to complement these works soon.
Saturday, 27 July 2013
Planning Application goes in for Rampworx facility in Valley Road Bidston
Exciting news as a planning application has been submitted for a site close to recent tree planting just off Hoylake Rd.The development would be a great boon to local youth who are always looking for things to do.
More details and the site location can be viewed here:
http://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/news/liverpool-news/plans-revealed-6m-indoor-skatepark-5325666
http://www.wirral.gov.uk/planning/Docs/DMZfiles/19146_1.pdf
ABW architects
Wirral Community news said 'Ambitious designs for a £6m indoor skatepark and sporting village in Wirral have been revealed.
Rampworx has submitted plans to the council for a 5,600 sq m complex on 1.3 hectares of land off Valley Road, Bidston, that would create up to 35 jobs as well as volunteer opportunities.
The charity and social enterprise, which works with young people to provide sporting and learning opportunities, already has a skatepark in Aintree catering for around 1,300 people a week.
Rampworx has been working with Liverpool firm ABW architects on the plans and has now released artist’s impressions of how the state-of-the-art development would look.
As well as the skatepark, it incorporates a climbing wall, workshop and office space, cafe, business start-up units, a music rehearsal room, dance studio and parking.
The complex would also cater for other sports including futsal, gymnastics, roller derby, trampolining and handball.
Work on the Bidston project began in 2007 and the charity has now applied to secure planning approval for the Rampworx Youth Village Wirral development, which will allow the charity to apply for grant funding for the scheme.
Tony Berry, Rampworx development manager, said: “It will be a flagship building for extreme sports, drawing in top-level athletes from all over the world. It’s multi-use and there’s social and educational aspects too. It’s family-based, not just for kids on BMXs and scooters and would be a sporting village for the whole area.
“We’ve had backing from the community, councillors including Bidston Cllr Harry Smith and MPs Frank Field and Angela Eagle. It’s taken six years to get to this point, it’s an excellent idea but that’s all it is at the moment.
“It’s now going to planning and if we get approval we can start looking at applying for funding from the likes of Sport England and the lottery and try to make it a reality.”
Documents lodged with the plans include a feasibility study setting out the need for the facility following a public consultation.'
More details and the site location can be viewed here:
http://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/news/liverpool-news/plans-revealed-6m-indoor-skatepark-5325666
http://www.wirral.gov.uk/planning/Docs/DMZfiles/19146_1.pdf
Wirral Community news said 'Ambitious designs for a £6m indoor skatepark and sporting village in Wirral have been revealed.
Rampworx has submitted plans to the council for a 5,600 sq m complex on 1.3 hectares of land off Valley Road, Bidston, that would create up to 35 jobs as well as volunteer opportunities.
The charity and social enterprise, which works with young people to provide sporting and learning opportunities, already has a skatepark in Aintree catering for around 1,300 people a week.
Rampworx has been working with Liverpool firm ABW architects on the plans and has now released artist’s impressions of how the state-of-the-art development would look.
As well as the skatepark, it incorporates a climbing wall, workshop and office space, cafe, business start-up units, a music rehearsal room, dance studio and parking.
The complex would also cater for other sports including futsal, gymnastics, roller derby, trampolining and handball.
Work on the Bidston project began in 2007 and the charity has now applied to secure planning approval for the Rampworx Youth Village Wirral development, which will allow the charity to apply for grant funding for the scheme.
Tony Berry, Rampworx development manager, said: “It will be a flagship building for extreme sports, drawing in top-level athletes from all over the world. It’s multi-use and there’s social and educational aspects too. It’s family-based, not just for kids on BMXs and scooters and would be a sporting village for the whole area.
“We’ve had backing from the community, councillors including Bidston Cllr Harry Smith and MPs Frank Field and Angela Eagle. It’s taken six years to get to this point, it’s an excellent idea but that’s all it is at the moment.
“It’s now going to planning and if we get approval we can start looking at applying for funding from the likes of Sport England and the lottery and try to make it a reality.”
Documents lodged with the plans include a feasibility study setting out the need for the facility following a public consultation.'
Friday, 5 July 2013
What you Said about Activity and Tree Planting
74% of respondents to our survey on park improvements and street trees said that street tree planting would encourage them to spend more time walking and cycling when asked at an event in the Wirral.
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