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 closed the following diversions will be in force.
Services 1 2, 6, 6A, 14, 14A, 18, 18A towards Earlsdon and Spon End, will operate to Queen Victoria Road, then via Greyfriars Road, Warwick Road, and Ringway Queens to Butts Road.
They will not serve Croft Road.
All of these services will stop at Queen Victoria Road (Stand VR2).
Services towards the City Centre are not affected by this closure.”
See https://nxbus.co.uk/coventry/service-updates/ for any further announcements.
BUTTS ROAD CLOSURE UPDATE
After it rapidly became clear that the closure of Butts Road outbound from the Ring Road junction 7 with effect from Monday 14 November was unworkable, Coventry City Council has instructed the contractors to re-open the road and devise an alternative plan to complete the planned works.
However only the left most lane is open, meaning that all traffic, turning left into Albany Road or heading straight on to Spon End, is confined to that lane.
As yet the re-routing of buses 1, 2, 6/6A and 18/18A has not been reversed.
Please see: https://nxbus.co.uk/coventry/service-updates for further updates.
Lengthy Road Closure and Buses Rerouted
With effect from today, Monday 14th November, it will not be possible to access Butts Road from the Ring Road junction 7. This restriction will apply for around 12 weeks while the remodelling of the junction is completed. The diversion will take drivers from junction 8 via Holyhead Road and Four Pounds Avenue. However access onto the Ring Road will be maintained, and the temporarily closed on/off slip roads will be reopened on the north side of the junction.
Bus route changes during this period are as follows:
No 1 and no 2 towards Coundon and Tile Hill South will be diverted via Warwick Road and Earlsdon Avenue South. Croft Road and Albany Road will not be served.
Nos 6/6A, 18/18A to Tanyard Farm and Tile Hill South will be diverted via Upper Well Street, Holyhead Road, Four Pounds Avenue and Queensland Avenue. Corporation Street (beyond Upper Well Street), Croft Road, The Butts, Spon End and Hearsall Lane will not be served.
The work to fill in the junction 7 subway will be completed overnight on 15th/16th November (9pm-6am).
The plan for the new layout of junction 7 is shown below.
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CAMBRIAN SOCIETY
GILL DAWSON
The funeral of Gill Dawson, the wife of ECHO team member Tony Cardinali, will take place on Thursday 22 September 2022 at 3.00 pm, Cannon Hill Chapel, Canley Crematorium.
Gill died on Monday 15 August.
Gill was well-known in the ECHO area in her own right and herself wrote a number of articles for this newspaper.
Welsh Elvis Show Postponed
The Coventry Cambrian Society’s concert featuring Rocking Rev. Wynne Roberts BEM as The Welsh Elvis that was due to take place on Friday 16 September, has been postponed because of the period of National Mourning for Queen Elizabeth II.
ECHO will announce the rescheduled date when it is known.
By-Election On 22nd September
The by-election in Sherbourne ward to elect a successor to the late Cllr Seamus Walsh takes place on 22 September. Sherbourne ward includes Spon End and parts of Chapelfields north of Allesley Old Road.
Cllr Walsh won the seat on 4 occasions, most recently in May this year when he had an ultra-thin margin of 35 votes. He passed away only 2 months later.
For more details, see the Council’s website: Sherbourne by election
Lord Mayor Joins Marathon Grandad for Charity Walk
Next Tuesday, 9 August, Lord Mayor Cllr Kevin Maton will join 72-year-old local man Tony Cunningham’s year-long sponsored walk to raise money for Warwick charity, Molly Ollys.
If you want to see Tony, Kevin and his wife and Lady Mayoress, Angela, tackle a few laps together on Tuesday they will be at the War Memorial Park at 9am to tackle some laps of the park, starting from the large pavilion near the tennis courts and bowling greens.
Tony, who underwent a quadruple heart bypass, is this year walking at least 10 miles a day every day to raise funds for the charity which emotionally supports children across the UK who have life-threatening illnesses.
Tony took on the challenge in memory of his wife of 47 years who lost her battle with lung cancer last year and so far, he’s walked more than 2,800 miles and raised over £5,000.
As well as supporting Tony’s fundraising, the Lord Mayor is asking people to donate to his own chosen charities – CRASAC (the Coventry Rape and Sexual Abuse Centre), the Coventry Refugee and Migrant Centre, and the Alzheimer’s Society.
Molly Ollys was established following the death of Rachel and Tim Ollerenshaw’s eight-year-old daughter Molly from a rare kidney cancer and marks its tenth anniversary this year.
The charity supports children with life-threatening illnesses and their families. It donates wishes, helps with emotional support and it donates therapeutic toys and books to children directly and through hospitals across the UK.
Rachel says “Tony is such a legend. When he vowed to walk 10 miles a day, every day of 2022, I was astounded as that is a huge challenge. But he often walks 13 or 14 miles a day, so he has clocked up way more miles than he first intended! We are extremely grateful for the funds he has raised and the awareness of the Charity that he has created and it is lovely that the Lord Mayor has shown his support by undertaking the challenge.”
To sponsor Tony, visit https://www.justgiving.com/fundraising/anthony-cunningham5
To support the Lord Mayor’s chosen charities, visit www.coventry.gov.uk/donate
To find out all the ways you can donate to Molly Ollys, visit
https://www.mollyolly.co.uk/learn-about-donating/
86 STEPS
An exhibition for ex-Earlsdonian Pat Shenstone’s “86 Steps” is opening this evening, Tuesday 26 July, from 6pm to 8pm at the LTB space above the Litten Tree on the corner of Warwick Row and the Bull Yard. All welcome.
The exhibition is on until Sunday 14 August, daily, 12 noon until 4pm.
