Green Party slams Buckinghamshire Council again on climate change target

The party's only councillor David Lyons said that while the council was currently pre-occupied with budgeting for a massive shortfall post-Covid 19, they should be working harder to address climate change, and strategies to reduce Buckinghamshire's carbon footprint quicker.

He said: “It’s amazing that the council counts the number of car park tickets sold but forgot to set a target for its climate change target.

"The Green Party believes that Bucks residents would like to set the council targets for other really important things that it has forgotten, such as tree planting and the generation of local, clean electricity.”

“There is a real desire locally to build back better after the tragedy of the Covid-19 pandemic and the council is doing some of this, but there is so much more.

“Unfortunately, that is one weakness of a system which allows a single party to run the entire cabinet.

"But the Green Party will continue to hold the council and cabinet to account by scrutinising and highlighting the good and the not-so-good decisions they make.”

This week the council announced that the Aylesbury Vale will be a 'major player' in a government backed scheme to endorse safer and greener forms of travel.

As part of the project, improved cycle corridors through Southcourt for connections to Stoke Mandeville Hospital and Aylesbury town centre will be put in place.

Also in Aylesbury, a one-way system for vehicles in Turnfurlong will be introduced to improve walking and cycling access to the three secondary schools. The council says this will help to reduce local congestion and problem parking hotspots.

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