Following our earlier post about the 85A bus route, the Manchester Evening News have also featured the new service, with a nice photo of two of our councillors (Angeliki Stogia and Aftab Razaq) along with other local residents who led the successful campaign.
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‘Whalley Range on Wheels’ on the podium
Local cycling group Whalley Range on Wheels, based in Alexandra Park, have picked up a joint Best Community Project award from Cycling UK. Many congratulations go to them and especially to local campaigner Eve Holt, shown here second from left receiving the award.
For my information about the group and to get in touch, see this flyer:
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New 85A bus route for Withington Road
From today, buses are running every 30 minutes through the Withington Road shopping district (terminating in the city centre and Chorlton bus station), following a successful campaign by the Withington Road First Steps project. Whalley Range councillors Aftab Razaq and Angeliki Stogia joined others this morning to see the new service get underway.
Angeliki says “Everyone in Whalley Range is delighted that the 85A Stagecoach route restores a bus service along Withington Road and Yarburgh Street. Continue reading
City parks in the next decade – have your say
Cllr Mary Watson and Angeliki help out in a ‘litter pick’ organised by Friends of Alexandra Park
Angeliki says: “I really hope that Whalley Range residents in particular will add their views to this survey as our ward includes Alexandra Park, one of the most important in the city – and of course my favourite!”
To go straight to the survey itself, which closes on 31 May, use the link here.
Former Chorlton Baths site – update
Some local residents have asked about the future of the old Chorlton Baths on Manchester Road. Whalley Range and Chorlton Labour Councillors are pleased to report that the City Council are in a dialogue with the Unicorn Grocery as an adjacent landowner, along with a social housing provider, to bring forward a residential and retail mixed use development on the former Chorlton Leisure Centre site. These discussions are ongoing and, if they are successfully concluded, proposals will be brought to the City Council’s Executive this summer.