Bruntwood wins support for active travel programme

The airport will close Terminal 2 indefinitely due to low passenger numbers on fresh Government travel restrictions, and will operate from only two of its three terminals from September.  

The future of offices and a look at developments in Greater Manchester and Liverpool are among the topics under scrutiny at Place conferences in September.

The council aims to update the Our Manchester Strategy, launched in 2016 as a blueprint for creating a healthy and prosperous global city by 2025.

With cities under the spotlight as commuters monitor their support for active travel, consultation has opened on a £4.9m improvement plan for the Manchester cycle route.

Join Planit and Civic Engineers to debate the opportunity the pandemic presents for changing the way our neighbourhoods, towns and cities are configured and our streets and public realm designed.

The square at the heart of Manchester’s Northern Quarter is to be designated as a temporary pedestrian and cycle-only zone from Friday 3 July.

Fresh proposals for a Manchester HS2 station could eliminate the need for one of the second phases of the rapid-rail network - the part connecting Birmingham and Leeds - saving billions of pounds and unlocking development sites, its proponents say. 

The city council met the deadline to submit a funding bid for cycling and walking interventions, but faced criticism over its refusal to provide pop-up bike lanes and other ‘active transport’ elements as neighbouring boroughs did.

Friday will see the deadline for cities across the UK to submit their bids to the £250m Emergency Active Travel Fund, supporting ‘bold’ and ‘speedy’ action to create pop-up infrastructure for cycling and walking, writes Steve Connor, chief executive of Creative Concern.