Earlier today at the Merseyside Integrated Transport Authority Meeting (Merseytravel) having been advised that I could, I moved an amendment to a minute calling on the Authority to a) reduce by 5% ALL special responsibility allowances, b) only to allow motions and amendments from the floor to be voted on if written copies were circulated before the [...]
Posts Tagged ‘Mersey Tunnels’
Complete Arrogance!
Posted in Merseytravel, tagged Mersey Ferries, Mersey Tunnels, Merseyrail, Merseytravel, MITA, New Labour on August 5, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
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 [...]
£80,000, A Delight to Donate
Posted in Charity, Merseytravel, tagged 000, £80, Birkenhead, Claire House, Harry Potter, Liverpool, Mersey Tunnels, Merseytravel on October 5, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Late last week, in my role as Leader of the Conservative Group on Merseytravel, I was delighted to attend a presentation at Claire House in Bebington. The event was to present a cheque for £80,000 to Claire House, the money donated by Merseytravel was raised by people who had taken part in the Merseytravel Under and [...]
Mersey Tunnels – Tolls Increase Today!
Posted in Campaigning, Chris Blakeley, Merseytravel, Tunnel Tolls, tagged Chris Blakeley, Leah Fraser, Mersey Tunnels, Merseytravel, tax, Tolls on April 6, 2008 | 2 Comments »
This morning, along with my colleagues, Leah Fraser, Ian Lewis, Paul Hayes and James Keeley I attended the protest, which was held on the bridge in Oakdale Road overlooking the Wallasey Tunnel, against the increase in Mersey Tunnel Tolls, which came into effect today. The protest was organised by the Mersey Tunnels Users Association, (MTUA) and was [...]