Carrier bag tax to pay for pounds 4m bike campaign.Byline: TOM BODDEN UP to pounds 16m collected through a bag tax on shoppers in Wales Wales, Welsh Cymru, western peninsula and political division (principality) of Great Britain (1991 pop. 2,798,200), 8,016 sq mi (20,761 sq km), west of England; politically united with England since 1536. The capital is Cardiff. should be invested in projects to encourage more walking and cycling, Conservatives said yesterday. The party's Assembly leader Nick Bourne Nicholas Henry Bourne, commonly known as Nick Bourne, (born 1952) is the Leader of the Opposition in the National Assembly for Wales and a Conservative Assembly Member for Mid and West Wales. His interests include visiting museums and art galleries, travelling, walking and sport. outlined proposals to plough pounds 4m-a-year in a 'concerted shift' in environmental policy between 2011-15. The cash would come from a proposed 10p levy on single use carrier bags in shops and supermarkets, estimated to bring in pounds 4.8m-pounds 9.6m a year. A push to promote more environmentally friendly Environmentally friendly, also referred to as nature friendly, is a term used to refer to goods and services considered to inflict minimal harm on the environment.[1] lifestyles would form a key plank in the Tories Assembly election campaign. Research shows that around nine out of 10 car trips could be replaced by walking, cycling or public transport. The Opposition leader said the party was determined to make cycling and walking "the most practical option" for a greater number of journeys. Promoting more walking and cycling would cut carbon emissions, encourage exercise, and tackle obesity, he said. The proposals included. pounds 4m a year ring-fenced extra funding for cycling and walking infrastructure in the next Assembly;. working with train companies to improve facilities for cyclists This is an incomplete list. Please add to this list if you are aware of an omission. This is a list of cyclists by decade. Cyclists by decade Cyclists before the 1880s
Conservatives would give "full backing" to green transport group Sustrans' call for Assembly powers to require councils to maintain and develop traffic-free paths for walkers and cyclists. Mr Bourne Bourne, town (1990 pop. 16,064), Barnstable co., SE Mass., crossed by Cape Cod Canal; settled 1627, inc. 1884. Bourne Bridge (1935), across the canal, made the town an entry point to Cape Cod and a resort and commercial center. said: "Our aim must be to encourage people to use a bike or their feet instead of continuing to rely on their cars. "We're not asking that fewer people own a car. But we do want people to use their car less." Lee Waters, director of Sustrans Cymru, said: "A generation ago Copenhagen had the same levels of journeys made by bike as Cardiff, now in the Danish Capital more than a third of journeys to work are made by bike. While in Welsh towns it stands at around 1-2%. "If we want to see similar results we need to be spending roughly pounds 45m a year across Wales - which is the cost of two miles of motorway. "Funding of this level can only be sustained if it is diverted away from roads spending - which currently accounts for some half of the transport budget." tombodden@dailypost.co.uk CAPTION(S): Nick Bourne says a tax on single use carrier bags could fund efforts to reduce needless car journeys |
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