[citation needed] Following concern over young people riding scrambler bikes in the park,[2] resulting in at least one serious accident,[3] the police launched a crackdown in 2015.

The charity delivers activities and events which use the parkland to promote physical and mental health, community cohesion and projects which protect the natural environment.

[6] Reports in October 1992 suggested that plans to turn the area into a premier leisure park were being prepared for consideration by councilors, which would involve landscaping to facilitate a variety of sports facilities.

[citation needed] The south of the valley contains the Brookvale Nature Reserve which is the only one in Sefton that is not on the coast and is, along with Fulwood Way in the north, a Site of Special Local Biological Interest.

[10] In January 1994, it was reported that a 70mph dual carriageway through the valley to ease traffic was a favoured option, which was anticipated to connect with another road that had been planned,[11] the 'Blue Route'.

[citation needed] In November 2014, Atkins made a presentation to the LCR Port Access Steering Group, three of whom (including the chair) were from Sefton Council.

In August 2019, Highways England were forced to publicly apologise[20] for claiming that, in this judicial review, a judge had upheld its preferred route for a road through Rimrose Valley.

A local campaign group, named "Save Rimrose Valley", was formed in 2017 to oppose Highways England's plans and to demand that sustainable, non-road solutions to the movement of freight to and from the Port of Liverpool be researched and presented to the public.

They appeared on Jeremy Vine's BBC Radio 2 show in 2018 to debate the scheme with Highways England's Regional Delivery Director, Tim Gamon.