Including the closely related term bikes.
… and we will update ahead of Council in January. 2.20 Swale is the only second tier authority in Kent with an Active Travel Co-ordinator. A lot of work has been undertaken to promote active travel such as the Local Cycling and Walking Infrastructure Projects, Active Travel bids to KCC with funding awarded for the Faversham Cross Town Path, The Quietways bid and Sheppey Light Greenway…
… Project. Considerable funding of £1,169,100 has been won during the year. One project unique to Swale is the Swale Cycle Recycle Project. A scheme that takes unwanted or damaged bikes and repairs them in the workshops of HMP Swaleside before they are distributed via charity partners to people who cannot afford bikes. The benefits are bikes are diverted from the waste stream, prisoners…
… learn new skills increasing their employability on release and economically vulnerable people get access to bikes which may make travel to work more viable and improve health. Looking forward 2.21 In 2019 we set very ambitious targets to reach net zero. This drove us to start on projects which might have been delayed otherwise – tree planting, LED roll out, car clubs, EV charging…
… a full-time project officer for several months in this reporting cycle. We need to explore more joint working Kent-wide and this is in development through the Kent and Medway Environment Group. 2.25 In order to respond to the challenges to the targets we need to revisit our carbon footprint to establish where we are and how we proceed, setting new actions to make sure we maintain momentum…