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 …
Author: Keith Bushnell
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 …
CHAPELFIELDS BUSES UNDER THREAT AGAIN
National Express Coventry has announced changes to its timetables from 1 January 2003. Whilst they have tried to play down the significance of these changes, the reality is that the historic no.1 Chapelfields route, already butchered almost beyond recognition by previous cancellations and restorations, is being dropped again. The explanation given on the NX website …
CHANGE OF MEETING VENUE – 1ST DECEMBER 2022 7-9PM
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 …
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, …
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 …
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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 …
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 …