LAST August bollards in Redcar’s popular but privately owned Roseberry Shopping Centre on Roseberry Road, were given a coat of yellow and black hooped paint, by the Centre’s Management Company, Knight Frank, to make them stand out more as drivers were shunting into them frequently. Since then thousands of pounds of damage has been done […]

Liberal Democrat Councillor Eric Howden is stepping up his campaign to get the signs on the main roads telling motorists they have arrived in Redcar improved. In a question at last Thursday’s meeting of the Redcar and Cleveland Council Cllr Howden asked for the signage to be improved and updated. Labour’s Council bosses said they […]

Liberal Democrats on Redcar & Cleveland Council are using Road Safety Week (18-22 Nov) to highlight the amount of roadworks in the Borough which have left road surfaces uneven. There have been many cases where utility companies have dug up the road and not restored it satisfactorily. Lib Dem Councillor Mike Carling has highlighted the […]

Liberal Democrats on Redcar & Cleveland Council are pushing for more and better cycle paths in the borough. Councillor Eric Howden, who represents Dormanstown, is leading the campaign. A keen cyclist, Eric cycled 350km across Jordan in 2007 to raise over £5000 for children’s charities. This week the Liberal Democrat conference in Glasgow approved a […]

You couldn’t make this up! The Council has money allocated for improving the local bus network. So why not put the money into cheaper bus services that are more frequent, more reliable and stop and go where people want? NO – this is Labour-run Redcar & Cleveland Council! They want to use the money to […]

Liberal Democrats in Redcar & Cleveland are opposing the Labour Council’s scheme to introduce on-street parking charges in Saltburn. Liberal Democrats believe charges will hit local businesses hard. The Labour Council’s scheme will threaten this thriving seaside town and its many small, independent shops. In addition, Saltburn already faces pressure with the forthcoming new ASDA […]

Following a campaign by Redcar MP Ian Swales, Councillor Madge Moses, Parish Councillor Margaret Wilson and local residents, the zebra crossings in Marske are to be raised, acting as a traffic-calming measure and improving pedestrian safety. Following a series of accidents in the area around Marske High Street, the MP received a number of cases […]

Liberal Democrats on Redcar & Cleveland Council have attacked the Labour Town Hall bosses for allowing an 8% increase in spending on business mileage by staff. The extra mileage occurred in 2010 compared with 2009 figures and came to light in a report to the Council’s Cabinet earlier this week. This resulted in an extra […]

Liberal Democrats in Redcar & Cleveland today welcomed the news announced in the Budget on Wednesday that the council is to get over £400,000 extra to spend on repairing potholes. Last month the Department for Transport announced that it was making available £100m as an exceptional payment to help with much needed road repairs following […]

A Liberal Democrat councillor is demanding 20mph speed limits near schools in Redcar. After visiting Ayrshire recently Councillor John Hannon noticed that a policy of 20mph on all secondary roads (those without a white line) had been adopted. John Hannon said: “I am particularly concerned about roads like Hambleton Avenue in the Kirkleatham ward where […]