Lib Dem pressure on the Environment Select Committee helped bring about changes from the Draft Transport Report, including a commitment towards running bus services on routes that local people can actually get to. Lib Dem Environment Spokesperson Howard Marshall says Lib Dems in government have helped create the Localism Bill, to return the balance of power back to local communities, and it’s now up to Wiltshire Council to follow through with this change, and listen to what local people need.
Howard also commented “This plan contains a lot of aspirations, for instance concerning routing freight away from towns, but the hard facts of how this is going to happen, and where the money might come from, are brushed under the carpet. We need clear commitments, not least with funding, and that’s what the Lib Dem opposition budget has made clear”.
Lib Dem Councillors are pressuring Wiltshire to follow other local councils leading the way on reducing transport’s environmental impact. There are all sorts of ideas to help the environment, and they don’t have to cost a lot. Bath now has an environmentally-friendly ‘Green Bus’ project, and it didn’t cost them a penny; all the money came as a special grant from central government. This year schemes are running to teach ‘eco-driving’ skills to council drivers across the West of England, delivering an expected reduction of 10% in emissions, and of course, fuel costs. These schemes could be saving us money here in Wiltshire.
Q: Why do you think the Council isn't interested?”
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