16 December 08
BUSES PLANT TREES!

There’ll be another tree along in a minute!  Well, thanks to Ipswich Buses, there’ll be a lot more trees in an Ipswich park.

The Borough Council-owned bus Company agreed to fund the planting of hundreds of trees in Landseer Park during a community planting to mark National Tree Week.

The cash comes from the selling of monthly Smartrider Cards during July, August and September with the Company’s “Our routes grow trees” campaign.

A photocall takes place on Saturday 6th December at the Holbrook Road entrance to Landseer Park at 11 am.  Among those attending are volunteer planters, Park Rangers, Ipswich Buses M D Malcolm Robson and the Mayor of Ipswich, Roger Hale.

Malcolm Robson M D of Ipswich Buses said: “We really wanted to support this initiative as public transport and a greener environment go hand in hand.  Smartrider is an excellent ticket available for weekly, monthly and annual travel.  We have chipped in to pay for a tree for every monthly Smartrider card sold during those three months.  Ipswich is a clean and green town and we believe bus travel is helping to make it that way.”

David Hale, the Mayor of Ipswich and Chris Mole MP with Malcolm Robson, Councillors, guests and members of the public celebrate 1100 new trees.