Transport for London has announced that Amersham Underground station has become step-free, helping those with accessibility needs to access the station and the wider transport network, significantly improving their journeys.

The accessibility scheme includes two new lifts, a bridge linking the platforms and improved signage giving customers step-free access within the station. Level access between the train platform for Metropolitan line services and a manual boarding ramp will be available to assist customers wishing to access National Rail trains that stop at Amersham.

Full details of the new facilities are contained in the Press Release issued by TfL on this link

Chesham and District Transport Users Group and the Amersham Action Group are to be congratulated for all the effort they have put into ensuring that this long-awaited facility has been created.

HS2 have announced that they are holding two webinars shortly. These online webinars have been set up to give the local community the opportunity to hear from the team designing and building the railway in this area.

During the sessions they will discuss:

How the design for the vent shaft headhouse has changed following the HS2 engagement event last year;
The approach to landscape design and ecology at the site;
Traffic management measures and the construction programme;
A construction update on our works in Chalfont St Peter.

A team of experts will also be available to answer any questions participants may have during the event.

This event is being held on two dates: Thursday 11 February 18:30 to 19:30 and Monday 15 February 12:30 to 13:30

Link to book

A consultation is currently taking place about the existing Public Space Protection Order (PSPO) that applies to 21 council-controlled car parks in the Chiltern area. The order has been in place since 2018 and is due to expire at the end of April 2021. Buckinghamshire Council would like to know what you think about extending it beyond that date.

https://yourvoicebucks.citizenspace.com/communities/chiltern-carparks-pspo/

We have recently written to our Member of Parliament, The Right Hon. Dame Cheryl Gillan, DBE, MP, to support her proposal for the Chiltern AONB to be designated as a National Park.
The text of our letter can be seen here

Work was carried out in October and November 2020 to create a more meandering course for the Misbourne together with a wetland area, in the stretch between the A413 bypass and Quarrendon Mill. The aim is to restore the Misbourne to have more natural chalk stream characteristics and improve the habitat for wildlife.  Currently the new river course is bedding in and there is some flooding due to high groundwater water levels and the channel not yet establishing itself.  Around April time work will resume to seed the grazing field area and plant the berms (river banks) to green up the currently bare soil. Two cattle crossing points have been constructed and when ground conditions permit, stock fencing will be installed along the river banks to prevent livestock eroding the river banks while still having full access to the field. The straight stretch of river in the arable fields before Quarrendon Mill will not be fenced and will continue to be a water source for wildlife in the area. We look forward to seeing, by Summer, an attractive setting and the ‘new’ Misbourne providing a habitat for plants and invertebrates which do not establish in a faster flowing channel.

More information on this project can be found here