Mini-gardens for bees on bus stop roofs approved
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Living Roofs are planted with a mix of 13 wildflower seeds Plans to introduce "bee bus stops" aimed to boost biodiversity in urban areas have been approved for Peterborough.
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Peterborough City Council said 34 bus stops could include Living Roofs, mini-gardens planted on top of bus shelters that are made up of wildflowers and other vegetation.
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The initiative was included in its new plan for the city's bus stops, which will also see "comfortable seating" replace existing perch seats.
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At a meeting of the cabinet, external on Tuesday, the plans were discussed and approved.
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The council will award a new contract to Bauer Media Outdoor UK to manage the city's bus stops.
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The agreement includes the company providing the council with an annual income of £140,000 from the sale of advertising space, plus 2.5% of its quarterly gross revenue.
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The contract is expected to run for a minimum of 10 years, with options to extend it, and could provide the authority with £2.8m over 20 years.
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There are more than 350 Living Roofs across the UK, including in Birmingham, Glasgow and Northampton.
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Chris Wiggin, the council's Liberal Democrat cabinet member for environment, said: "We need to do everything we can to support biodiversity and support bees and other pollinators because without those there is no other life, so I'm very happy to see these [plans] come forward."
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Other planned changes to the city's bus stops include providing up-to-date passenger information and installing digital advertising screens at most bus stops.
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