That will be £183.80 – Yeh, but who is paying for it? Readers of the blog will be aware of the Mersey Tunnels report which I blogged about yesterday. In that posting I talked about the report being delayed. Today I have discovered that the cost of getting that late report to the Members of [...]
Posts Tagged ‘Liverpool’
Taxi for Merseytravel!
Posted in Mersey Tunnels, Merseytravel, tagged Liverpool, Mersey Tunnels, Merseytravel, Neil Scales, Tolls, Tunnel Users Association, Wirral on January 31, 2011 | 1 Comment »
Merseytravel Budget Meeting – Tunnel Tolls to Rise?
Posted in Mersey Tunnels, Merseytravel, tagged Kingsway, Liverpool, Mersey Tunnels, Merseytravel, Queensway, Tunnel Tolls, Wirral on January 30, 2011 | 6 Comments »
On Thursday this week 3rd February, the Merseyside Integrated Transport Authority (MITA) has its annual budget meeting. As part of that meeting there is a separate report on the Mersey Tunnel Tolls, and the papers always come out at the same time, however this year the Tunnels report was delayed, I am told because the [...]
Bank Holiday Weekend
Posted in Liverpool, Wirral, tagged Bank Holiday Weekend, Hoylake Lifeboat Day, Liverpool, Matthew Street Festival, River Mersey, The Beatles, Wirral Food and Drink Festival on August 27, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
This weekend in Wirral sees two tremendous events taking place, on Sunday and Monday there is the Wirral Food and Drink Festival which takes place at Claremont Farm in Bebington, while on the Bank Holiday monday there is Hoylake Lifeboat Day. The Lifeboat day started many years ago as a small event, it has grown and [...]
‘A Grand Day Out’
Posted in Personal Stuff, tagged Cllr Denis Knowles, Dale Street, Liverpool, Liverpool City Council, Liverpool Pride, Merseyrail, Merseytravel, Sakura on August 8, 2010 | 2 Comments »
Yesterday along with Sandra and Stephanie we went over to Liverpool to support the first official Liverpool Pride Event. The atmosphere was electric with a massive multi coloured carnival atmosphere. The event started with a march, sadly I got over too late for the start of the march but was able to witness a marvellous [...]
Merseyside Integrated Transport Authority AGM (Merseytravel)
Posted in Merseytravel, tagged Arriva Buses, Cllr Chris Blakeley, Knowsley, Liverpool, Mark Dowd, Mersey Tunnels, Merseyrail Electrics, Merseytravel, New Labour, Sefton, St Helens, Wirral on June 24, 2010 | 2 Comments »
Today at 2:30pm I will be attending my fourth Merseyside Integrated Transport Authority (MITA) Annual General Meeting, being held at Merseytravel Headquarters in Hatton Garden in Liverpol. Amongst other things the AGM determines the make up of the committee structure for the coming year. This year, perhaps more than any other year, and in view of the [...]
Affordable Yes, Available NO CHANCE!
Posted in Merseytravel, Tunnel Tolls, tagged Birkenhead, Ian Lewis, Kingsway, Leah Fraser, Liverpool, Mersey Tunnels, Merseytravel, MTUA, Queensway, Wallasey on February 4, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Today, along with my colleague Cllr Ian Lewis I attended the Integrated Transport Authority Budget meeting, (Merseytravel). At the meeting, having been told earlier in the week by the Director of Resources, that a 10p cut in Class One tolls was ‘Affordable’ and could be funded by ‘built in head room/Capital’ we moved an amendment [...]
Merseytravel Budget Meeting 4th February, 2010
Posted in Merseytravel, Tunnel Tolls, tagged Birkenhead, Daily Post and Echo, Kingsway, Leah Fraser, Liverpool, Merseytravel, MITA, MTUA, Queensway, Wallasey, Wirral Globe on February 3, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Tomorrow, as a member of the Merseyside Integrated Transport Authority (MITA) I shall be attending the full Authority meeting that will determine the budget for 2010/11. One of the items on the agenda talks about Mersey Tunnel Tolls. You can read more of my postings on that by clicking, HERE, HERE, HERE and HERE Over [...]
Hello, Hello, Hello!
Posted in Merseyside Police, tagged Crime, Jon Murphy, Knowsley, Liverpool, Merseyside Police, Policing, Sefton, St Helens, Wirral on February 1, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Today is the day that Merseyside new Chief Constable, Jon Murphy officially takes charge of running the Merseyside Police. I wish Mr Murphy all the best in his new role, he has a tough act to follow in Bernard Hogan-Howe, however I am sure that he will continue the great work that is being done, [...]
