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Wigan Metropolitan Borough Council

… of transportation issues facing the borough including better integration of bus and rail services, road projects, congestion measures, car parking, cycling, walking and the need for public transport improvements. Action planning ensures we balance transport growth while minimising the detrimental impacts on our environment, landscapes, communities and individual’s quality of life. Long term environmental…

… • We will create community wealth by identifying local business opportunities that will arise from the move towards a low carbon future e.g. renewable energy, sustainable transport, smart technologies, research and development • By promoting digital solutions, we will reduce carbon emissions by reducing our reliance on paper and reducing business mileage • We can reduce fuel poverty…

… up of strong, proud towns, historic villages and a wealth of green and blue spaces. Our economic ambitions for 2030 include reinvention of the Wigan Wallgate area with the arrival of HS2 creating an economic centrepiece, prioritising walking, cycling and public transport as a means to travel across the borough and ensuring an innovative enterprise to create successful businesses…

… emissions on a yearly basis. The data provides a breakdown of CO2 emissions in the key sectors of: • Industry and Commercial • Domestic • Railways • Road Transport • Land Use, Land Use Change and Forestry (LULUCF) There are certain shortcomings within the BEIS emissions that should be noted. Firstly, there is no differentiation between emissions sources within the borough, therefore we…

… 1,249.50 +0.75% Stockport 1,198.10 1,172.20 -2.16% Tameside 849.20 833.00 -1.90% Trafford 1,510.60 1,470.90 -2.62% Wigan 1,312.60 1,282.60 -2.28% Table 4: GM district emission date for 2017 and 2018 34 Wigan 2018 Total C02 Emissions per Sector Figure 6 provides a further breakdown of emission estimates across domestic, transport, industrial and commercial sectors. The emissions breakdown…