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Coronavirus Northern Ireland: Mallon announces new walking and cycling Champion

Infrastructure Minister Nichola Mallon has announced a new walking and cycling Champion with a clear focus on transforming communities and developing creative solutions to support our new way of living during and post Covid-19.

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Addressing the Assembly this week, Minister Mallon said, “I am delighted to announce that there will now be a walking and cycling Champion within my Department. 

 

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“Our Champion will ensure that we deliver our commitment to increase the percentage of journeys made by walking and cycling. 

“Inspiring our communities, restructuring our spaces, changing forever the way we live – and changing it for the better.

 

 

“I want to increase the space available for people who want to walk and cycle by extending pavements, pedestrianising streets and introducing pop up cycle lanes.

“I have already identified some parts of Belfast City Centre and Derry City that can be transformed in this way and I intend to work with councils to identify more areas across the North as a matter of urgency,” she continued.

“Changing how we use our spaces will transform communities right across Northern Ireland – creatively change lives – enable social distancing and encourage health and mental wellbeing.

 

 

“This environmental and public health work will be done on a collaborative basis, with an action group, formed from both within and outside government.

“I also want to work in collaboration with communities, including identifying and creating ‘Quiet Streets’ where pedestrians, cyclists and play have priority and motor vehicles are guests. 

“As the Executive looks this week to review the lockdown – we all need to be looking ahead – out of the darkness of this pandemic and into a better world that we need to build for ourselves.

 

 

Minister Mallon added, “Greener, cleaner, healthier and happier people and places must be our aim as we learn to live with this new normal during and after Covid-19.”

 

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