The City Council has secured £116 million additional funding to support its recently published Transport Strategy, through the City Region Sustainable Transport Settlement (CRSTS). This takes the total investment in…
In December 2020 we reported on plans for the Richard II Loop line. This is a new countryside walking and cycling route near the Charterhouse. Plans for the scheme have…
CovSoc member Peter James, tells us an interesting story which he discoved in researching Earlsdon’s cycling history with the Earlsdon History Group. Peter writes…. In 1885 the Old Nail Factory…
A pop-up city centre cycle lane is set to be made permanent and two new connections to extend the city’s cycle network are also to move ahead. The temporary lane,…
On Thursday (26th May) Coventry’s Planning Committee took the decision to permit the demolition of the locally listed former Black Horse pub at 73 Spon End. The 200-year-old former pub…
The publicity says that this is “the world’s first fully operational Urban-Air Port for electric vertical take-off and landing (eVTOL) aircraft and drone technology”. It’s called Air-One. Our Secretary, John…
The £82 million transformation of Coventry Railway Station has been officially completed and looks very fine. The major project at one of the fastest growing stations outside London has involved…
The Society is impressed by the scale and vision of the strategy. We welcome most of the content with just a few reservations. We accept that in the longer term…
CoventryLive has reported that a public exhibition of an urban airport for electric vertical take-off and landing (eVTOL) aircraft is coming to the city centre this Spring. A car park…
The new station building, multi-storey car park, and taxi drop off point at the Coventry Railway station will now open in the New Year. Over £80 million has been invested…
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