BRITAIN’S leading walking charity, the Ramblers Association, is supporting a petition to protect Warren Farm, which lies on the border of Southall and Yeading. Brent River and Canal Society (BRCS) has launched a petition to make Warren Farm and its surrounding meadows a nature reserve. The Ramblers are offering support by writing written to the Mayor of London and Ealing Council. The group has nearly 500 members, who regularly walk in the meadows and want to see the site protected for residents and to help nature. Since Ealing Council stopped using Warren Farm for sport in 2013, the meadows have re-wilded to house rare birds, mammals, plants, reptiles and insects.
NGOs must take Miżieb woodland challenge to another court, magistrate says
Environmental NGOs fighting Lands decision to give hunters l-Aħrax and Miżieb woodlands encounter first stumbling block
22 January 2021, 9:00am
by Matthew Vella
An action by six environmental NGOs to challenge the Lands Authority’s decision to hand over the Miżieb and Aħrax woodlands to the hunters’ lobby FKNK has stumbled at a first hurdle over the competence of the court to handle their complaint.
The Administrative Review Tribunal, a court that handles cases protesting government decisions, said the complainants had no juridical merit in challenging the decision.
DEGANWY residents have won a “David v Goliath” battle to reopen a railway crossing that was shut for 10 years. The 20-foot crossing at the bottom of Ty Mawr Road leads to the Coastal Path towards Conwy and prevents residents having to walk an extra half-an-hour over a busy flyover. It was closed without notice by Network Rail in 2011 when officers removed signage and locked the entrance gate. The path is understood to have been a right of way for centuries, used by fisherman and to transport grain before the railway line was built. A campaign was launched by residents with Marl ward county councillor Mike Priestley and then-MP for Aberconwy, Guto Bebb.
Scrap massive flyover plans for Msida creek, NGOs tell government
A coalition of 10 green groups and several academics propose an alternative that prioritises public transport and open space instead of planned massive flyovers for Msida’s main square
7 January 2021, 12:14pm
by James Debono
The Msida Creek project proposed by Infrastructure Malta will see the construction of two massive flyovers to remove the traffic lights junction. A coalition of NGOs wants the plans scrapped to prioritise open space and pedestrians instead.
Several groups want plans to build two flyovers across Msida’s main square to be scrapped, proposing instead a public transport interchange with a bigger public open space.