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Offering solutions to the unsustainable situation in Northampton's streets. - northantsstreetscampaign.wordpress.com
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Mike Reader MP (@mike_reader) 's Twitter Profile Photo

£5.4m investment coming to West Northamptonshire's buses, part of £88m for East Midlands services. The £3 fare cap stays until December 2025, helping make bus travel affordable for everyone in Northampton.

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Today is the last day of West Northamptonshire Council consultation on Northampton Train Station. Living Streets Northampton website has details of how to submit a comment (it takes a minute) and their comments which anyone is welcome to use. PLEASE do, it makes a difference! livingstreetsnorthampton.org/station-plan-n…

createstreets (@createstreets) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Once upon a time, Leeds had trams, lots of them. They helped people get to work, come to the centre to shops and to meet each other for work and play. But then, catastrophically, for the city's long term future and prosperity in 1959....

Once upon a time, Leeds had trams, lots of them. They helped people get to work, come to the centre to shops and to meet each other for work and play. But then, catastrophically, for the city's long term future and prosperity in 1959....
Mike Reader MP (@mike_reader) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Thank you to our emergency services, West Northamptonshire Council, Environment Agency, local charities and Meadow Bay for their outstanding response to flooding at Billing Aquadrome. Their coordination and swift action kept residents safe during this challenging time. I'll continue to push for

NorthantsStreetsCampaign (@northantsstree) 's Twitter Profile Photo

bbc.co.uk/news/articles/… Lisa Brankin, Ford UK's chair and managing director "The one thing that we really need is government-backed incentives to urgently boost the uptake of electric vehicles." Wonder if there is a related tax we could impose to help pay for these incentives?

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This could be a massive missed opportunity. Councillors need to reassure our neighbours that we're worth working with. West Northamptonshire Council nnjournal.co.uk/p/devolution-g…

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An interesting piece of messaging. Far from the view expressed by the chancellor that 'if we can't afford it, we can't do it', it seems that motorists deserve for potholes to be fixed but the idea that fuel duty should be restored to it's original rate is out of the question.

An interesting piece of messaging. Far from the view expressed by the chancellor that 'if we can't afford it, we can't do it', it seems that motorists deserve for potholes to be fixed but the idea that fuel duty should be restored to it's original rate is out of the question.
Sam Bowman (@s8mb) 's Twitter Profile Photo

What if I told you there was a city that has built a new tramway 🚋 in eight weeks for just £15m/km? 💷 You'd no doubt assume it was in China 🇨🇳, Spain 🇪🇸, or France 🇫🇷 But what if I told you that city is Coventry, right here in good old England? 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🦁

What if I told you there was a city that has built a new tramway 🚋 in eight weeks for just £15m/km? 💷 

You'd no doubt assume it was in China 🇨🇳, Spain 🇪🇸, or France 🇫🇷

But what if I told you that city is Coventry, right here in good old England? 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🦁
NorthantsStreetsCampaign (@northantsstree) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Really interested to see how this develops - this used to be an underused car park and could be a good example of how space can be salvaged from cars to the benefit of local people.