Press releases 2009

Conservatives' support for walking and cycling welcomed but traffic cuts also needed

4 September 2009

Commenting on the pledge by the Welsh Conservatives to invest £16m in schemes to encourage walking and cycling, Gordon James, Director of Friends of the Earth Cymru, said:

"We welcome the pledge by the Conservative Party in Wales to invest £16m in schemes that would encourage more walking and cycling. This would help to reduce emissions of climate-changing gases from transport and improve human health.

"We hope this is an indication of a greening of the party's policy on transport that will move it away from its previous support for major road building schemes, such as the now cancelled Gwent Levels Motorway and the dualling of the A40 in west Wales.

"An increase in cycling and walking facilities must be accompanied by a reduction in traffic levels if we are to make sufficient cuts in emissions from the transport sector."

For further information, please contact Friends of the Earth Cymru on 029 2022 9577

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