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.

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

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.

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.'

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.

Consultation Underway For Ilchester Park Improvements

Over the last week leading into our Picnic in Illchester Park The Mersey Forest has been asking your views on potential improvements to Illchester Park near Birkenhead North Railway Station.We'll now look closely at your views and collate them so that we can see what you like , dislike, and want improving in the park so this can inform  any future funding bids made in partnership with Wirral Council and Wirral Partnership Homes.
We know that of the 500 people who attended the event alot of you wanted to let us know your views and we collected them in a variety of ways.Face to face interviews, form filling, sticking labels on photos, making artworks to decorate the park on the day of the picnic and video interviews.We'd like to think that your views count,so we'll be taking particular interest in the views of young people!

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Some of your feedback about the event!

Come along to our Picnic In Illchester Park hosted by The Mersey Forest

To celebrate the planting of up to 400 new street and green space trees and several Gingko and Swamp Cypress trees in Illchester Park, The Mersey Forest is holding a picnic event in the park.

 We want residents to come and sit out on the grass, enjoy the view of the docks and give us their ideas of how the park might look in the future. 

 There will be lots to do, with: a climbing wall, a circus skills tent, african drumming workshop, cycling skills course, rides out to Bidston Moss, facepainting, crafts and much more!!

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