Sutton Connect
The pioneering Sutton Connect Green Travel District (GTD) has been launched for Sutton Walmley and Minworth, and Sutton Reddicap, to help improve sustainable and active travel for residents, workers and visitors.
From left to right: Jas Jawanda (Birmingham City Council), David Smith (IM Properties), Cllr Ken Wood (Lord Mayor of Birmingham), and Cllr Simon Ward (Leader of Sutton Town Council) at the Sutton Connect launch event.
About the Green Travel District
The GTD aims to reduce congestion, pollution and traffic accidents, as well as enable healthier, safer, more productive communities by prioritising people over cars.
The formation of the GTD brings together key organisations, including:
- Birmingham City Council
- Royal Sutton Coldfield Town Council
- Warwickshire County Council
- IM Properties
- the Langley Consortium
- Transport for West Midlands
These organisations will work together to coordinate activity across the area and make sure the necessary transport infrastructure, policies and supporting initiatives are in place.
They are also responsible for providing strategic direction and leadership to the GTD initiative on behalf of its members, working in partnership to:
- agree priorities
- coordinate activity
- oversee progress
- make sure enough resources are available
The GTD has been developed alongside the creation of the Peddimore employment park and the Langley Sustainable Urban Extension (SUE), which will bring thousands of new jobs and homes to the area.
This will enable people to travel by public transport, new bus services have been launched to serve the Peddimore site and link it with other parts of Birmingham such as City Centre, Erdington and Castle Vale.
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Page last updated: 6 February 2025