A petition has been raised to Coventry City Council from Spon End residents to “..urgently provide sufficient parking promised to the community and residents as part of the Spon End Road widening scheme that was completed nearly two years ago. “Unfortunately we were notified of this too late for inclusion in the June issue and …
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Councillor Toulson – surgery
The August issue of ECHO states that Sherbourne ward councillor Dave Toulson’s monthly surgeries at Earlsdon Park Village are open to the general public. Due to a change of policy by EPV management, this is no longer the case but we were informed too late to change this. We are awaiting details of alternative venues …
BUS CHANGES FROM SUNDAY 5 NOVEMBER
This is ECHO’s understanding of the imminent changes to bus services in the area but if anyone knows different please let us know. These changes affect both National Express Coventry (NX) and Stagecoach services. The Albany Road/Earlsdon Street route is currently served by a combined service 2 / service 51 half-hourly service on weekdays and …
Spon End Roadworks
There will be a temporary overnight closure of the access road to the Arches Industrial Estate and the citybound lane on Spon End from Hearsall Lane to Windsor Street from Monday 10 July to Wednesday 19 July between 7pm and 6am (excluding Saturday 15 and Sunday 16 when the lane will be open). Vehicles will …
Arches Venue Lease Extended
While the July issue of ECHO was being printed, our front page story was overtaken by events h the good news that the Arches Venue will continue as a business for at least the next three years. The venue placed the following on Facebook: ANNOUNCEMENT!!! To all bands, musicians and patrons This is a 2 …
SPON END NIGHTTIME CLOSURES
The latest phase of work on the Spon End road widening project will involve significant evening / overnight road closures between 20 and 24 February. Contractors Balfour Beaty have informed local residents that Spon End / Butts Road will be closed on the city-bound side between the junctions with Hearsall Lane and Windsor Street between …
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BUTTS ROAD CLOSURES
There are more road closures affecting Butts Road over the next 9 days. Every night 8pm – 6am from Monday 16 January to Friday 20 January, there will be no access from junction 7 of the Ring Road onto Butts Road westbound. Access onto the Ring Road from the Butts Road citybound carriageway will be …
BLACK HORSE DEMOLITION IMMINENT
The long-anticipated demolition of the former Black Horse pub is to take place over the coming weekend, 7th/8th January. Spon End will be closed between Hearsall Lane and Melbourne Road while this work is in progress. This is part of the Air Quality Plan proposal to create a 4th lane through Spon End / Butts …
BUS SERVICE UPDATE
Following posts earlier in the week, outbound bus services to Earlsdon and Spon End have been restored, except in respect of Croft Road. The full announcement from NX is as follows: “To allow for air pollution work to be carried out, Butts Road will be closed to traffic from Croft Road. While the road is …