Date: 28 November 2007 21:05

 GETTING GREEN WITH THE GUIDED BUSWAY

People can find out more about the ecological work happening on the Guided 
Busway project in a special newsletter published this week.

The "Green Update" has information about how Cambridgeshire County Council 
is protecting plants and wildlife during construction, and how the Council 
is putting something back into the environment to compensate for disturbance 
caused by construction.

The newsletter also contains an interview with the project's Ecological 
Clerk of Works. It can be found on the Council's website at 
www.cambridgeshire.gov.uk/guidedbusway

Bob Menzies, Head of Delivery for the Guided Busway said, "We know a lot of 
people are interested in the ecological work we're doing and we wanted to 
put together a special edition of our regular newsletter for them. As part 
of the busway project we are creating 16 new areas for ecological habitats 
and protected species. We've also moved and stored some important plant 
species to the Botanical Gardens in Cambridge. Near Station Road in 
Oakington we have done some special wetland planting to help stabilise the 
bank at Beck Brook. The environmental aspects of the project are very 
important and we have a number of people working solely on these issues."

A regular newsletter about the Guided Busway project is produced every other 
month. Anyone who would like to receive the updates directly by email can 
contact guidedbusway@cambridgeshire.gov.uk

John Reynolds