Neil Tague
The Greater Manchester Combined Authority aims to sign off a final plan to improve air quality in the city region by this summer ahead of a proposed 2022 rollout, despite a lack of clarity on funding.
An eight-week consultation has been completed for the GM CAP (Clean Air Plan), which will introduce daily charging for vehicles such as buses, HGVs, taxis and coaches across key roads in Greater Manchester’s ten boroughs – excluding motorways and trunk roads – as the Government seeks to improve urban air quality.
Over the last two years, the secretary of state for transport has instructed various key cities to implement clean air strategies “in the shortest possible time”. This has come with funding promises, with government support offered to incentivise operators of commercial vehicles and fleets to modernise to lower their emissions.
The scheme has been welcomed MULTI-MILLION pound proposals for a railway station at Golborne set to be considered by the Greater Manchester Combined Authority have been hailed as superb news . The £15m project is to go before the regional authority as part of £69.5m transport improvements proposed for the region. These also include a £2m investment in a new travel hub, including a park and ride in Tyldesley. The £69.5m Transforming Cities Fund 2 proposals, will seek to better connect communities, revitalise town centres help the area s economic recovery from the pandemic. Cllr David Molyneux, leader of Wigan Council said: “The confirmation of funding for a new station at Golborne is superb news. It will connect the town and the wider area with Wigan, Manchester, Cumbria and the Airport, providing more opportunities for our residents, reducing traffic on local roads and regenerating Golborne’s economy.
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MAJOR plans for more than 500 homes, a new link road and a local centre with shops, offices and community spaces have been given the green light. Two housing developments have been approved at North Leigh Park, off Nel Pan Lane, as part of a scheme which could see 1,800 new homes built in total. A new road linking Leigh Road to Atherleigh Way has also been given the go ahead together with permission in principle for a new mixed-use local centre. Countryside Properties applied to build 507 houses spread over two parcels of land which have both been earmarked for development by Wigan Council.
A free digital bootcamp is offering young people the chance to break into the tech industry
The initiative is particularly targeted at college leavers, care leavers and the underemployed - as well as those who have lost their jobs due to the pandemic.
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