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HIGHWAYS ENGLAND BLASTED BY COUNCIL OVER UPKEEP OF ROAD Damaged pavements and overgrown grass verges on road from Switch Island having ‘detrimental effect on well-being of residents’ Report by Tom Martin
Two scouts lay a wreath at a remembrance service at St Andrew’s Church, Maghull on Sunday.
Young and old alike remember the fallen Residents young and old gathered at remembrance services in Maghull and Lydiate to honour the fallen on Sunday. More pictures inside.
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SEFTON Council chiefs have penned a damning letter to Highways England demanding better maintenance of the A5036 after describing it as “completely unacceptable.” The correspondence, signed by Sefton Council Leader Ian Maher and chief executive Margaret Carney, claims that overgrown grass verges, excessive weeds and damaged pavement on the busy road is causing a “detrimental effect on the health and well-being of residents.” Highways England look after the A5036, which runs from Switch Island and all the way to the Port of Liverpool and includes Dunningsbridge Road, Church Road and Princess Way. The Champion has reported how the government-owned company had looked at the possibility of “upgrading” the busy road in a bid to improve transport links between Switch Island and
Weeds have been left to grow on a verge.
A damaged railing at a junction on the road.
the dock, but instead they decided on the option of building a new road through Rimrose Valley Country Park. Sefton Council now want them to improve maintenance of the A5036, which was penned in a letter in September and has now been sent to Labour Party members in the Bootle area. The letter states: “We are extremely proud of Sefton, our residents, businesses and visitors and A5036 is one of the key corridors into the borough
from the motorway network. “It is extremely disappointing that the first thing people are greeted with when they leave Switch Island is overgrown verges and excessive weeds. “This is not the gateway to Sefton that we want or that our residents and communities deserve. “It has a significant detrimental effect on reputation, potential inward investment and the health and well-being of residents. Continued inside
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