Southend Council has consistently failed bus users across the city. For decades we’ve seen fares getting more expensive, vital routes being slashed, and services becoming more infrequent. […]
Greens Launch Bus Petition
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Greens Challenge Council on Cycling Infrastructure
This evening, our branch coordinator James Vessey-Miller attended the meeting of Southend City Council. Asking the council two written questions, James challenged the council over its dire track record on […]
Greens Challenge Council on EV Infrastructure
This evening, our branch coordinator James Vessey-Miller attended the meeting of Southend City Council. Asking the council two written questions, James challenged the council over the impending crisis that will […]
Greens Publish Results of Cycling Survey
In August 2020, the South East Essex Green Party launched an open survey of the town’s residents on their experiences of cycling in Southend. The survey, which has been open […]
The High Cost of Parking in Southend
Over the past few months, the council and residents have been embroiled in an unproductive debate over car parking in Southend town centre, the associated parking charges, and what impact this will have on the town’s businesses as we recover from the COVID pandemic.
As the town’s large seafront businesses lobby the council for increasingly lowered car parking rates and the under-pressure council eyes up more locations for new and larger car parks, new insight from the Green Party suggests the obvious solutions no-one is talking about. […]
Air Pollution in Southend returns to pre-pandemic levels.
New research shows that dangerous air pollution in Southend has risen above pre-pandemic levels. Urgent action is required to protect residents. […]
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