New Recycling Centre set to launch
coventrysociety The BBC has reported that the new recycling Centre in Whitley is due to open shortly. The following is an article by Caroline Gall published on the BBC website on…
Environment
The Old Guy Goes Jogging – to Bridge 6
CovSoc member and keen jogger, Peter Hunter, has been down the cut! Peter writes….. Coventry’s canal towpaths are great routes for joggers, walkers and cyclists. They regularly feature in my…
Coventry to get a Solar Farm!
The City Council is set to start early-stage consultation over plans for a solar farm in the north of the city. The proposed solar farm would deliver clean, green electricity…
COVENTREE – A strategy for Coventry’s Urban Forest
The City Council has launched a pubic consultation on its new strategy for Coventry’s Urban Forest. The Council states that this is Coventry’s first tree strategy and is a real…
New Approach to Potholes
Potholes in Coventry will be repaired and fixed permanently in super quick time after the Council’s highways service purchased JCB’s revolutionary pothole machine. The PotholePro can repair a pothole in…
Decarbonising the Construction Industry
Coventry is just about to embark on a mass demolition and rebuild programme across the south of the city centre. The new buildings will have to meet modern energy standards…
Update on the Local Air Quality Action Plan
In March we reported on the latest plans submitted by the council to meet the Government targets for reduction in NO2 levels in the city, which was at that time…
Council backs new temporary pavement licensing policy
On 31st July the Council’s Cabinet Members for City Services and Policing and Equalities approved a new temporary policy that will enable restaurants and other hospitality venues to increase the…
Going Smokeless in Coventry
It was 69 years ago that Coventry became the first UK city to go smokeless. March 1st, 1951 became ‘No Smoke Day’, heralding Coventry city centre as the UK’s first…
A Half Century of Earth Day
Today, 22nd April 2020, marks the 50th anniversary of Earth Day. A global event in more than 193 countries. In 1969, at a UNESCO Conference in San Francisco, peace activist…