Shropshire Climate Action
Cutting Carbon - Restoring Nature - Saving Money
Car travel
20's Plenty
20's Plenty for Us is a national movement with almost 700 local groups, campaigning for a speed limit of 20mph on residential streets and in town and village centres.
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Most of the UK's larger cities have adopted 20mph for their residential streets
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28 million people in the UK live in places where 20mph is the urban/village norm
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At least 8 Shropshire town councils endorse the 20's Plenty campaign: Shrewsbury, Shifnal, Oswestry, Ludlow, Bridgnorth, Bishop's Castle, Broseley, Cleobury Mortimer.
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There are multiple benefits including road safety, carbon emissions and environmental quality.
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Join the 20’s Plenty Facebook Campaigner’s Group or go to the 20's Plenty website.
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Car share clubs
​Co Wheels was set up to provide an environmentally friendly, community-based alternative to car ownership.
Co Wheels has grown to become the UK’s largest community interest car club operator, operating pay-as-you go car clubs, pool car fleet management and franchise operations in over 60 towns and cities across the UK with a 24/7 call centre.
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Co Wheels’ Shropshire Car Club has cars in Shrewsbury and Ludlow. You can join this Shropshire car share club here.
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CoMoUK is a national organisation that provides help with setting up new car share clubs
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The Shrewsbury North West Relief Road
The proposed North West Relief Road would connect the A5 at Welshpool Road roundabout to the Ellesmere Road roundabout. It is estimated that the construction phase would emit about 70,000 tonnes carbon dioxide equivalent (tCO2e) and that it would take until at least 2070 to offset these emissions.
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The position of Shropshire Climate Action is that construction of the Shrewsbury North West Relief Road will impede Shropshire’s aim of reaching Net Zero Carbon by 2030.