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Sunday,
10 January 2016
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New grant announced to
make buses 'greener and cleaner'
31 buses in the Liverpool City
Region (Merseyside) (LCR) are set to go green thanks to a grant of nearly ½
a million pounds from the Department for Transport, under its Clean Bus
Technology Fund.
The £497,000 award will be managed by Merseytravel and will pay for the
buses to be fitted with Micro Hybrid technology systems, which can reduce
their harmful nitrogen oxide (NOx) levels; a major pollutant; by up to 50%.
The technology will be fitted to vehicles belonging to local operators Avon
Buses, Cumfybus and Halton Transport, operating on routes in areas currently
declared as Air Quality Management Areas (AQMA). Halton Council will also
receive funding for an additional NOx Analyser to be installed within one of
the Halton AQMAs, which will monitor NOx levels in the local area and help
to provide more accurate localised air quality data.
Marshall Vickers, Managing Director of Cumfybus, who will have the systems
fitted to 14 of its buses under the scheme said:- "As a local family
firm, we want to do our bit both for our customers and the communities we
serve. Helping reduce the harmful emissions from our vehicles is one way we
can make a difference."
Councillor Ron Abbey, Merseytravel Lead Member for Bus added:-
"Getting people on the bus reduces car miles, reduces congestion and helps
the environment in itself. However, that's not the end of the story; we want
to ensure our buses make the most of new technologies to deliver the most
environmentally friendly transport network possible."
The Clean Bus Technology Fund builds on the previously successful Clean
Vehicle and Clean Bus Bids in 2014 and 2013 which have already seen a total
of 96 buses retrofitted with NOx reduction technology.
Over the past 5 years Merseytravel, in co-operation with bus operators, has
been involved in the introduction of a number of low emission vehicles
ranging from entire bus fleets operating on a bio-diesel mix to the
introduction of diesel electric (hybrid) vehicles. Together with retrofitted
vehicles these lower emission buses make up almost 90% of the fleet in 2015.
Any improvements to the LCR bus fleet to help reduce emissions will have a
significant improvement on air quality, particularly in the AQMAs where
buses are significant contributors to pollution levels, but also across the
wider LCR, which will reduce background levels of pollutants and in turn
contribute to air quality improvements.
LJLA starts the New Year
where it left off with 1st new route announcement of 2016
ON Friday, 8 January 2016, just
over a week into the New Year and Liverpool John Lennon Airport is
celebrating it's 1st new route announcement of 2016, following the news that
Wizz Air, the largest low fare; low cost airline in Central and Eastern
Europe are to commence flights to the Hungarian capital of Budapest in March
2016.
The new flights between Liverpool and Budapest will operate twice weekly on
Wednesdays and Sundays and this new destination becomes Wizz Air's fourth
route to be served from Liverpool.
This news follows on from a series of new routes and airline announcements
made throughout 2015, with the Airport ending the year with passenger
throughput 8% higher than in 2014.
Wizz Air commenced operations from LJLA in late 2004 operating flights to
the Polish capital of Warsaw and the Baltic Coastal City of Gdansk, also in
Poland. The airline increased its capacity on both these routes last year as
well as commencing flights to Riga, the capital City of Latvia.
Last year Wizz Air increased their passenger throughput at Liverpool by over
60% carrying over 40,000 more passengers than in 2014.
Budapest is 1 of Europe's most beautiful cities and a top visitor
destination with a glorious setting and the famous River Danube running
through the City and is expected to be a popular short break destination
from Liverpool.
Paul Winfield, LJLA's Air Service Development Manager commented:-
"This further commitment by Wizz Air to operations from Liverpool is a
further sign of the progress we have been making over the past 12 months and
links yet another important European capital City with Liverpool that will
have benefits for both business and leisure travellers. We are committed to
increasing the range of destinations served from Liverpool to give
travellers from across the North West more opportunities to fly from the
fastest, easiest, friendliest airport in the region."
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Jackam
Pursuant to the Trustee Act 1925, any persons
having a claim against or an interest in the Estate of Lilian
May Jackam (also known as Lillian May) Jackam (Deceased), late
of Birch Abbey Rest Home, 55 Alexandra Road, Southport,
Merseyside, PR9 9HD, UK, who died on 04/10/2018, are required to
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