Vipul Patel, the Green candidate for Abbey Ward, has called for community groups, local political parties and residents’ associations to demand B&NES council and Bath’s MP take action to cut the amount of air pollution in the city.
Vipul will be joined in Bath by The Green Party’s national Deputy Leader, Amelia Womack, today (Thursday 10th November), and national Green Party co-leader, Jonathan Bartley, on Saturday 12th November to highlight the issue.
The BaNES Green Party has the following demands:
- To abandon costly infrastructure projects that will not cut pollution;
- Immediate restriction of private, non-resident, vehicles through the city centre;
- Procurement of hydrogen or electric buses to manage the movement of people, not just people in cars, easily and affordably.
Vipul, an Abbey resident and local businessman, said: “BaNES council has distracted the people of Bath with schemes for wastefully expensive and complex infrastructure projects for too long, which they admit will not tackle congestion or pollution.
“They ignore the simple, far cheaper, and immediate measures they can take, and this failure is not one of practicality, but one of political choice.
“Our council has a duty to protect residents and the millions of tourists that come to enjoy our hospitality; the continued damage to our health, historic buildings, and economy is unacceptable.”
