A new bee friendly bus shelter has been installed in Worcestershire, the first of its kind in the county.
The sedum bus shelter, which forms just one small part of Worcestershire County Council’s efforts to improve the environment, has been added at the Whites Road stop on the Malvern Road.
It features a roof planted with a selection of sedum and other seeds designed to attract bees and other pollinating insects. The plants also absorb CO2 and filter fine dust particles and so help to purify air, cutting pollution levels - all while bringing a little bit of nature into the city.
If the new shelter is well received and provides the increase in wildlife expected, the shelters will be rolled out to other locations across the county.
Councillor Alan Amos, Cabinet Member with Responsibility for Highways and Transport said, “It’s fantastic to see the new sedum bus shelter in situ. It contributes to our efforts to tackle environmental challenges by absorbing CO2 and cutting air pollution. They’re great for bees and other pollinating insects – and they look good too.’’
“This is a small pilot to improve the environment around bus shelters and it’s certainly something we would be looking to roll out as much as we can.”
The new shelter contributes to the Worcestershire Pollinator Strategy, an initiative to help support insect pollinator populations, which are currently in decline nationally and globally. It also complements other County initiatives like the reduction in grass cutting programme, which has gone a long way to help see a flourishing and diverse natural network of verges across Worcestershire’s roads.
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