THE trial of active travel lanes in Chester has been paused, the council has confirmed. Cheshire West and Chester Council says the decision has been taken after listening to the recommendations from the independent Sustainable Transport Task Force that has been analysing their use. The trial Emergency Active Travel lanes have been in operation for the past five months, but will now be paused from Monday. The council introduced two new trial Emergency Active Travel lanes in Chester as part of the Government’s ambitions to promote cycling, walking and public transport as healthy alternatives to using cars. The lanes were established in October 2020 for an initial six-month period during which time the authority would listen to the opinions of road users as well as local business and residential communities.
CHESHIRE West and Chester Council’s cabinet has set out its plan for the borough to become carbon neutral by 2045. At a meeting today (Wednesday, February 10) cabinet members approved the council’s Climate Emergency Response Plan, which aims for the whole borough to be carbon neutral by 2045. The cabinet also adopted its Carbon Management Plan which details how the authority will become a carbon neutral organisation by 2030. Both reports describe how West Cheshire is one of the highest carbon-emitting areas in the UK. It also recognises the world-leading decarbonisation work going on in the borough through projects such as Net Zero North West and HyNet, focussing on reducing carbon emissions across the industrial sector.