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Some dangerously sensible thinking from Sefton Lib Dems
By Steve Hanlon | November 4, 2008
Perhaps…
Sefton Lib Dems reportedly put forward a motion to Cabinet to build stronger Lancashire links between Sefton and Lancashire. The report on “Birkdale Focus” site unsurprisingly takes a pop at their local Tories for not supporting it, but goes on to say that it was passed in the Cabinet vote.
Their deputy leader is quoted saying:
“… we desperately want to find a way to improve the eastern and northern access into Southport, both by train and car, but the road bottleneck is in Ormskirk and the missing rail link is in Burscough. As both these towns are in Lancashire, we want Sefton to take the lead to work across council boundaries into West Lancs, just as we do to the south of the Borough with the other Merseyside Authorities.”
It remains to be seen what the Tories in West Lancs make of this. If it is just a LD wheeze to out-fox the Tories on Sefton Council, then West Lancs Tories might follow suit and reject the gesture. I hope not.
West Lancs is stuck between Merseyside, Gtr Manchester and Lancashire. It we are serious about getting the investment needed into our infrastructure and towns, then we need to have close working relationships with the neighbouring boroughs.
Topics: Local Politics, West Lancs |
November 6th, 2008 at 9:48 am
I was a little shocked that the Tories voted against my suggestion. Labour supported it. I think the Tories were so intent on thir juvenile gesture of voting against the City Region that they simply failed to follow the debate! Southport has profited to the tune of millions in inward infrastructure investment as a result of cooperating with the boroughs to the South. My amendment was designed to foster similar cooperation with neighbouring boroughs to the North and East. I hope West Lancs Council and Lancs CC are willing to work with u. I am sure that it will be mutually beneficial
November 11th, 2008 at 12:47 am
Iain, I think the only way forward for local councils, particularly small districts such as ourselves, is to build relationships with all neighbouring authorities - north, south, east and west. That doesn’t seem to fit easily with West Lancs, and by the sounds of it, Sefton Tories.
Well done on getting the amendment through and in many ways I hope you _do_ use it as a stick to beat the Sefton Tories.