The High Cost of Parking in Southend 16th March 2021 / 17th March 2021 by James Vessey-Miller 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. Read more » Air Pollution Cycling Parking planning Transport
Air Pollution in Southend returns to pre-pandemic levels. 11th December 2020 / 13th December 2020 by James Vessey-Miller New research shows that dangerous air pollution in Southend has risen above pre-pandemic levels. Urgent action is required to protect residents. Read more » Air Pollution Southend Airport Transport