For the second year running Norfolk has come first among its peers in a national highways and transport survey.

Over the summer 3,300 people in Norfolk were asked for their views on topics such as road safety, highway maintenance, congestion and public transport as part of the National Highways and Transport Survey 2020.

The results were ranked against other participating councils from across the country to give a nationwide picture of how Norfolk is performing.

Out of 29 county councils and larger unitary authorities in its peer group, Norfolk secured the top spot for overall satisfaction and saw the highest above-average scores in both satisfaction with “traffic levels and congestion” and “condition of highways”.

Plan to plant one million trees

The county’s ambitious plan to plant one million trees started during National Tree Week at the beginning of December. Thousands of trees and hedge plants will be going into the ground in the first planting season as the five-year project gets underway.

The goal is for Norfolk to achieve a net gain of a million trees helping towards the county council’s wider ambition to become carbon neutral by 2030. This represents more than one tree per resident in the county (2019: population 908,000).

As the cabinet member with the responsibility for the county’s 16,000-acre County Farms Estate I am pleased that 36,000 trees are due to be planted on one of our properties. We are working with our tenants to bring forward more sites.

Safe winter driving video

With the weather turning colder and having experienced a few snow flurries already this year, the council has issued some advice to prepare the public for safe winter driving.

It has produced a short video that explains how to check your vehicle is ready for winter, as well as detailing what you should take with you on a winter journey in case you breakdown or get stuck. Watch the video HERE.

Cllr Greg Peck, Norfolk County Council, Reepham Division
Tel: 07972 230282
Email: greg.peck.cllr@norfolk.gov.uk