Category Archives: Transport

Funding for the Full South Wye Transport Package is in doubt.

Herefordshire Council is only promoting one element of the scheme – the building of a southern link road, from the A49 to the A465. The Council has finally published its recommendations for the South Wye Transport Package in its 13 … Continue reading

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South Wye Transport Package – Where is the Evidence?

Here for Hereford reported back in April how the Leader of Herefordshire Council had misled the people of Hereford over transport issues in Hereford, particularly the A49-A465 “Southern Link Road”. ( Here for Hereford Article April 2014 ) .We quoted … Continue reading

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The Leader of Herefordshire Council misleads the citizens of the County

The Leader of Herefordshire Council misleads the citizens of the County Contrary to what Councillor Johnson has said about transport requirements for a Hereford Relief Road, the Highways Agency has confirmed IT IS NOT SPECIFICALLY REQUIRING THE WESTERN RELIEF ROAD … Continue reading

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More Misinformation about the proposed Hereford Relief Road

More Misinformation about the proposed Hereford Relief Road – this time from the Marches Local Enterprise Partnership and its draft Strategic Economic Plan Why does Herefordshire Council refuse to live in the real world, and acknowledge the evidence of its … Continue reading

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Transport Modelling and the Proposed New Hereford “Relief” Road

Latest Herefordshire Council evidence that the ‘No Road’ option will perform better than the “Western Relief Road” . Here for Hereford held an Open Forum on Transport Options in September 2012 at the time of the Council’s Consultation on their … Continue reading

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Trees, Transport and Democracy

Here for Hereford learned a lot from the campaign to try and save the fourteen 50-year old lime trees on Edgar Street, even though the campaign failed. On Sunday 22nd September, 2013, at seven o’clock in the morning, ten of … Continue reading

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A49-A465 Report of Meeting 14th June 2013

We now know that the proposed route for what the Council is calling their ‘Preferred Option’  of the Southern Section of the Hereford Relief Road, is to follow the new SC7 outline (as shown to local residents in March 2013) … Continue reading

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A49-A465 Meeting – What Price Democracy?

On Friday June 14th at 7pm at the Three Counties Hotel, Belmont, a select group of residents were invited to attend a meeting, as a follow up to a meeting held in March 2013, about the Southern section of the … Continue reading

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Report on Here For Hereford Open Forum on Transport 22nd September 2012

Report on Here for Hereford 22-09-12

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BMA Report “Healthy Transport= Healthy Lives”

At a time when “Destination Hereford” is trying to get people into making healthy transport choices and at the same time tackling congestion, the British Medical Association (BMA) has produced a report which reinforces the impact these decisions can have … Continue reading

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