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Heeley Lib Dem campaigner in war on potholes

Local Lib Dem campaigner and Heeley resident Richard Shaw has reported and had fixed over 60 potholes in the last 60 days. Since the beginning of May, Richard has been out most weekends, walking around Meersbrook, Heeley, Herdings and Hemsworth, introducing himself to fellow residents and pro-actively reporting any issues he finds, as well as [...]

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Labour snub ‘fairness pledge’ for £2 billion road project

Labour snub ‘fairness pledge’ for £2 billion road project

Labour councillors on Sheffield City Council have refused to sign a ‘fairness pledge’ to local people, regarding the £2 billion Highways PFI road improvement project. The pledge was put forward by opposition Liberal Democrat councillors at a meeting of the full council yesterday. The Highways PFI project, which is receiving £1.2 billion of funding from [...]

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Lib Dems ‘clean up’ in wake of big freeze

Lib Dems ‘clean up’ in wake of big freeze

Liberal Democrat councillors on Sheffield City Council have announced extra investment for community clean ups and repairs after the recent severe winter weather. At today’s meeting of the Lib Dem Cabinet councillors decided that £70,000, from an in-year unallocated budget, be allocated to the vital work. It will come on top of the extensive work [...]

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Lib Dem victory will bring end to Sheffield’s ‘Pot Hole City’ tag

Lib Dem victory will bring end to Sheffield’s ‘Pot Hole City’ tag

Today the Coalition Government announced that Sheffield’s Highways PFI project will go ahead in full. The project will fix all of Sheffield’s roads, pavements and street lights that had been allowed to crumble under Labour. It is expected that the £2 billion project will start next year. Cllr Paul Scriven, Lib Dem Leader of Sheffield [...]

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‘Productive’ meeting on bid to end ‘Pot Hole City’ tag

Leading Liberal Democrat Councillors from Sheffield have reported that they had a ‘productive’ meeting with the Transport Minister in London in which they urged Government to deliver on the huge investment earmarked to improve Sheffield’s roads and pavements. Cllr Paul Scriven, Lib Dem Leader of Sheffield City Council, and Cllr Shaffaq Mohammed, Lib Dem Cabinet [...]

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