Tag: BFARENews

Saturday, March 26th 2022 10am – 4pm BFARe invites you to a peaceful public demonstration to coincide with the Mayor’s Climate Change Event on 25th and 26th March 2022.We will be holding our **peaceful demonstration** on March 26th throughout the day with specific rally times of 11am and 2pm. Route E through and North of […]

Please join BFARe and CPRE Bedfordshire. We are marching on Feb 13th at noon in protest of the destruction of our Bedfordshire Greenfields! We are demanding the end to greenfields development to save our wildlife, forests, biodiversity, farmland, carbon capture and our public access to open countryside. These Protest Walks will be in support of […]

October 19th, 2021 – Wyboston North Bedfordshire Parish Councils finally met East West Rail on Tuesday, October 19th in Wyboston where East West Rail sought to restrict and control the attendance and agenda. Meeting Headlines •            EWR are making decisions that impact lives, homes and livelihoods on the basis of non-statutory consultations. •            EWR did […]

Richard Fuller MP holds an Adjournment Debate in Parliament on East West Rail and North East Bedfordshire. The full video of the adjournment is available below.

Richard Fuller MP has secured a Parliamentary Adjournment Debate on East West Rail’s Route Selection Process: Will Mohammad Yasin MP Attend the Debate and Support the Request for a Re-Consultation? BFARe’s Chairman, Mike Barlow, has written to MP Yasin to request his attendance at an Adjournment Debate on June 28th regarding the East West Rail […]

BFARe is a community-based voluntary organisation comprising a group of nine Parish Councils along the Route E corridor between Bedford and the East Coast Mainline (ECML), together with Ward members from Bedford Borough Council; CPRE Bedfordshire; and many concerned residents. BFARe members have devoted considerable time and energy into investigating EWRCo’s proposals, based on their […]

LIBERAL DEMOCRATS POST FAKE NEWS ON THEIR WEB SITE STATING HOMES ARE UNDER THREAT IF A SOUTHERN ROUTE IS CHOSEN The Liberal Democrats have posted a poll on their web site and have stated that 150 homes will need to be destroyed in Wixams if there is a Southern Route. We felt it necessary to […]

BFARe Letter to Bedford Borough Council in advance of the upcoming June 2nd, 2021 meeting An excerpt from our letter…. “The current route alignment consultation through Bedford and North Bedfordshire stems from the 2019 Route selection consultation by EWRCo. This 2019 consultation was flawed for many reasons: Lack of adequate communication with impacted residents Unexplained […]

“Council to Make Case to Government to Maximise Benefits of East West Rail for Residents and Minimise Impacts” “Council to Make Case to Government to Maximise Benefits of East West Rail for Residents and Minimise Impacts“ BFARe Comment: Why was this announcement, relevant to ALL Bedford Borough residents regardless of their political party, released as […]

Please write to your Bedford Councillors! Please write letters to your Bedford councillors demanding they rescind their support for the destructive Northern Route E through Bedford! The next council meeting is JUNE 2nd – and we URGENTLY need your voice heard. Our BFARe letter writing guidance can be found here: https://bfare.org.uk/letter-writing-guidance/ You will find the […]