Birmingham
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- Created on: 26-03-19 17:04
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- Birmingham
- Transport
- Problem: Birm. on main motorway network. Roads = narrow & easily congested
- Partly improved by M6 toll road
- Spaghetti junction = slow traffic, frequent roadworks to maintain old infrastructure
- City center = difficult to navigate & is congested
- Solution
- Opened tramline into city centre
- Aston expressway
- Redeveloped New Street Station to connect transport routes
- HS2 will reduce commuting times between London & Birm. - attract more business
- Towpaths upgraded -encourage walking & cycling
- Traffic managed by creating a park and ride scheme, encouraging use of buses
- Buses improved: sustainable fuel, free wifi, more frequent stops, more accessible
- Opened tramline into city centre
- Problem: Birm. on main motorway network. Roads = narrow & easily congested
- Housing
- Problem: Population rapidly growing
- Immigration from abroad
- Workers moving to jobs due to rapidly expanding economy
- Solutions
- Redevelopment of former Lee Bank Estates
- Don't meet needs of aging population
- Expected to 13% in next 3 years
- Not enough space within city for estimated homes needed
- Expected to 13% in next 3 years
- Build mainly in inner city where industrial land is being redeveloped into apartments (Jewellery Quarter)
- Open space, improved quality of environment, lower building density, expensive apartments so low income families can't afford (displaced original population across city)
- Don't meet needs of aging population
- Redevelopment of former Lee Bank Estates
- Problem: Population rapidly growing
- Waste
- Problem: 544000 tones waste produced/year. 24% recycled.
- Majority send to landfill sites (produce methane, greenhouse gas contributing to climate change)
- Solution
- "energy from waste" plant installed to generate energy from buring waste + second one planned for future
- Problem: 544000 tones waste produced/year. 24% recycled.
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