Preparing for peak oil and climate change With Transistion City lancaster
If you’re interested in practical local action to build local resilience and make a real difference to climate change then please bring your ideas and enthusiasm along.
The purpose of the event is to launch the working groups -which will actively create and take forward transition ideas and projects.
What do we want to see happening here in Lancaster?
Lancaster Friends Meeting House
Sat Feb 14th 1pm to 5pm
Open to everyone – a £2 donation towards costs will be very welcome
For more Info See: www.transitioncitylancaster.org
The DfT has announced “programme entry” status for the HM6L. This means that the bypass has now got to first base on its bid for £137 million of taxpayers money. This does not mean the bypass can be built and programme entry status does not guarantee funding. It can be withdrawn over the next few months.
PUBLIC MEETING
Could your street benefit from a spring clean? If so, the Council wants to hear from you. Under the council’s Street Pride scheme special hit squads move in to streets across the district to give them a thorough clean. Services provided include street cleaning, gully emptying, minor highway repairs, weeding and tree pruning.
The walkway along St Georges Quay has finally been opened following the flood defence work carried out last year by the environment Agency. You can now walk & Cycle along the waterside.
Lancaster Green Councillors have joined the campaign to stop the governments plans for a third runway at Heathrow Airport. Each councillor has joined thousands of others in becoming a legal owner of part of a plot of land on the planned site of the new runway.
A day for everything Potato!
The controversial ‘Castle View’ shopping development plans for the Canal Corridor have been called-in for a public inquiry by the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government. Bulk Ward Green Councillor John Whitelegg said “I am absolutely delighted about this news. This development is bad news for Lancaster and bad news for Bulk Ward and we will now get a chance to put all the evidence before an independent inspector at a public inquiry. We have prepared for this inquiry and are ready to go.” 
At a meeting on January 6th of the County Council’s Health Overview & Scrutiny committee Lancashire Care Trust confirmed their intention to push ahead with the Royal Albert Fields site as its preferred location for a new mental health unit in North Lancashire.. This was despite strong criticism of its selection procedure by the Committee 
