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Amended bus services from January

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Transport for West Midlands have announced a number of changes to bus services across the West Midlands.

Routes that were ‘at risk’ of being withdrawn or changed were announced in October and TfWM have been working to find funding for as many of these routes as possible. Whilst none of the services affected serve Stirchley, there are a number of routes that operate nearby and may be of interest to residents. The full update on January bus service changes can be found here.

Amended routes include;

  • 10S – Ridgacre to Selly Oak: will be renumbered 55 and will extend to Longbridge with a new timetable, run by Kev’s Coaches.
  • 38 – Northfield to Selly Oak: will be renumbered 55 and will extend to Ridgacre via Harborne.
  • 42 – Hollymoor Way to West Heath: will be renumbered 55 and will extend to Ridgacre via Harborne.

These changes will be added to the Upcoming Bus Changes page as soon as possible and updated in the Journey Planner nearer the time. 

October meeting minutes available

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The minutes from October’s meeting are available here. These cover the now-open Aldi, the triangle site opposite (that will be maintained by Aldi), as well as discussions around houses of multiple occupation (HMOs), police and planning updates.

Please note the November meeting was an Annual General Meeting and these minutes are ratified at the next AGM in 2023.

The next Stirchley Forum meeting takes place on Monday 12th December, 7.30pm at the Stirchley Community Church on Hazelwell Street.

Mobile Recycling van returns just before Christmas

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The Mobile Household Recycling Centre will return to Stirchley, this time in the Morrisons car park, on 15th December from 7am until 12 midday.

Refuse management staff from Lifford Lane tip will be on hand to help ensure your items go in the right bins.

CAN BE RECYCLED: Recycle any household rubbish that cannot be reused; standard recycling materials that usually go in your recycling; garden waste; bigger items like toys or small household items. Batteries, lightbulbs, small electronics etc can be recycled.

NOT ACCEPTED: Building materials, white goods (like fridges), hazardous materials and larger items will not be accepted.

No commercial waste can legally be accepted at any of the MHRC’s and any such material will be turned away. Vans are accepted at the MHRC’s subject to a 10 item limitation and a legal declaration that the waste presented is not commercial in nature. As with the Bulky Waste Collection service 2 black bags equals 1 item.

Level 3 cold weather alert

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A level 3 Met Office Cold Weather Alert has been issued for the West Midlands. There is a 90% probability of severe cold weather between 18:00 on Wednesday 7th December and 09:00 Monday 12th December. Cold with overnight, potentially severe, frosts and temperatures only rising a few degrees Celsius above freezing by day.

This weather could increase the health risks to vulnerable patients and disrupt the delivery of services. Please be mindful when travelling and take extra care.

Weekend work on Pineapple Rd station

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West Midlands Rail Exec have explained that there will be more weekend work taking place on the New Pineapple Road station.

Further works will be happening to complete site set up and tree removal works, this is a continuation of the work started in October. Whilst most of the work is taking place during standard working hours, Monday to Friday, 07.30am to 5.30pm, to ensure the safety of workers some work needs to take place on weekends and at night-time.

Out of hours work for the new station will be taking place on the following weekends:

  • Saturday 3 and Sunday 4 December
  • Saturday 10 and Sunday 11 December
  • Saturday 17 and Sunday 18 December

A targeted letter drop will be happening immediately. 

For more information on the new Pineapple Road station, visit wmre.org.uk/camphill