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    Bradford council to introduce scheme that would see over 55,000 trees planted across district

    Wednesday, 8 January 2020 10:28

    Bradford council have introduced a scheme that will see over 55,000 trees planted across the district, one for each primary school child.

    The “Tree for Every Child” project will see £250,000 invested in a project that would see a tree planted for each of the 55,342 primary school pupils in the Bradford District.

    And planting trees is just one of Bradford’s environmental measures outlined in the council’s 2020/21 budget, with further measures including plans to increase electric powered public transport, expand 20mph zones and introduce more solar or wind power schemes.

    The draft budget is currently out to public consultation having been approved by the Council’s Executive last week.

    At the Executive meeting where the budget was discussed, Council Leader Susan Hinchliffe said: “The climate emergency is the biggest issue of our time. We need to see change.

    “It is no longer acceptable that we throw away so much waste and still use single use plastic.

    “As a Council we need to lead by example.”

    Last year the Council declared a “climate emergency” but has since been criticised after announcing new road expansion schemes, such as a planned South Bradford link road.

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