Jon Connor Lyons: Last News

Some 161 days ago, a member of Manchester’s planning committee urged his fellow councillors to ‘rip the plaster off’ and to stop ‘dancing around the dog s***’.

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direct to your inboxCouncillors are calling for up to 25 Manchester city centre roads closed temporarily due to the pandemic to become permanently pedestrianised.A string of streets within the inner ring road were closed to car traffic under emergency legislation brought in by the government last year to allow people more room to social distance.Now a number of city centre councillors are pushing for a review to examine whether the closures can be made permanent.Piccadilly ward councillor Jon-Connor Lyons is set to raise the issue with the council's transport boss Angeliki Stogia at today's (WEDS) full council meeting."Over the summer last year, we saw parts of the city centre pedestrianised to encourage people to travel safely and

direct to your inboxCouncillors have accepted defeat in the long-running battle over billionaire Fred Done's plans to build a glass tower in the Northern Quarter - but at a price.The bookie's construction firm Salboy finally won planning permission to build a 17-storey block of flats opposite Shudehill bus station in 2019 after a several previous applications were knocked back.The plans have sparked controversy in the area, with many critics saying the tower doesn't fit with the Northern Quarter's aesthetic.Labour councillors for the Piccadilly ward Sam Wheeler, Jon-Connor Lyons and Adele Douglas all opposed the application and initially vowed to fight the decision all the way.

Manchester Evening News reporter Andrew Bardsley. In a retweet, Coun Jon-Connor Lyons wrote: " Maybe instead of demolishing this wall, we can just relocate it to our southern boarder, facilitating our independence from the Tories (we can green the wall on our side)." While another Twitter user commented: "Bonus points if they just rip the wall down."And one social media user wrote: "Honestly that wall is the worst thing about Piccadilly.

how that promise has already run into difficulties due to the discovery of unmapped utilities.It means a proportion of the much-vaunted trees - around 70 in total - will not be able to be planted where officials had intended, in particular the central reservation area as shown on the original artist's impression.Transport boss Councillor Angeliki Stogia said at the time that 'suitable locations' had been found for 57 trees and 'trial excavations' were ongoing for a further nine.  Piccadilly councillor Jon-Connor Lyons suggested Saturday's burst pipe may be connected to the search for suitable tree locations.Retweeting the video, he wrote: "This is what happens when you hit utilities and is the same reason why adding trees pits has been