WE SAID NO
In 2017, Highways England announced that they wanted to build a dual carriageway right through the middle of Rimrose Valley, a country park in Sefton near Liverpool. The only green space in a heavily populated and urbanised area. The purpose of this dual carriageway? To increase the capacity of the nearby Port of Liverpool, owned by Peel Ports. A privately owned organisation based in the Isle of Man. The WE SAID NO podcast tells the story of how the campaign to fight the road and the damage to both the environment and to public health came to be. And how its actions brought a community together in defiance of the Government's plans.
WE SAID NO
Rimrose Valley - The beginnings of change
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Gary
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Season 1
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Episode 2
In episode 1, we learn about the origins and the history of Rimrose Valley and its creation. And how the plans by Highways England, the Government's own road building company, affected the communities that surrounded it. A community that relied upon it. Known as the green lung of Sefton, Rimrose Valley has grown and matured into a green space that is vital to those who live and work in the area. Here we listen to the stories of those who want not only to preserve it, but to fight for it. And when your battle is one with the UK Government and a powerful, privately-owned port working together, it takes determination.