Calderdale Council merges highways and green spaces teams
A new combined council team is streamlining the process of dealing with issues arising from Calderdale’s highways and green spaces. Duties the new team deals with takes in keeping neighbourhoods and town centres clean, maintaining parks and open spaces, looking after play areas, allotments, and sports pitches, repairing potholes, pavements, walls and drainage, protecting and […]
Waterford City and County Council use Bluesky National Tree Map Data to support carbon neutral ambitions
Data from Bluesky International’s National Tree Map is being used by Waterford City and County Council to help benchmark current tree cover across the city and to look at suitable tree planting sites as it progresses with its target to become Ireland’s first decarbonised city. Derived from high resolution aerial photography, Bluesky’s National Tree Map […]
Kier Highways’ Northampton contract wins a National Bronze Green Apple Environment Award
Kier Highways has announced that its Northamptonshire Highways contract has won a 2020 National Bronze Green Apple Environment Award! The award, won jointly with Balfour Beatty, for work in reducing environmental impact on the A43 Northampton to Kettering improvement scheme. The A43 between Northampton and Kettering suffers from congestion hotspots, journey time delays and road safety issues […]
A 20-60% reduction in traffic is needed by 2030 to meet climate targets, says Sustrans
Sustrans has said a 20%-60% reduction in traffic by 2030 is needed in order to meet climate targets, responded to the UK Government’s ten-point plan for a ‘green industrial revolution’. The charity has said that the best way to reduce vehicle trips is to make it easier for people to walk, cycle and use public […]
