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New bus shelters outside of the University of Sunderland and the Chesters Pub on Chester Road are the first phase of a plan to install around 90 living roof bus shelters across the city as part of a new contract between Sunderland City Council and Emc易倍体育 UK.

Nicknamed 鈥楤ee Bus Stops鈥�, Living Roofs have been specially designed by Emc易倍体育 and expert ecologists to support native biodiversity, help create healthier local communities, and bring greenery back into urban areas. Each is planted with a mix of native wildflower species selected by to aid and support bees and other pollinators, whose numbers are sadly in decline.

Additionally, the Living Roofs help provide natural cooling to counteract the effects of 鈥榰rban heat islands鈥�, help absorb rainwater to help alleviate flooding, and filter fine dust particles from the air. They sit atop brand-new shelters, finished to be in keeping with the city鈥檚 existing shelters, and built using a range of recycled materials.

The Living Roof product has been assessed and verified in conjunction with The Royal Society of Wildlife Trusts, who鈥檚 independent third-party ecologists have afforded it the highest significance category under Natural England鈥檚 Biodiversity Metric 3.0 of 鈥淗igh strategic significance鈥� and would make a significant contribution to delivering Biodiversity Net Gain.

Councillor Claire Rowntree, Sunderland City Council鈥檚 Cabinet member for Clean, Green City, said: 鈥淲e know from our Let's Talk campaign that our residents are passionate about the environment and want a greener city to live in.

鈥淚n addition to our reintroducing wildflowers across Sunderland鈥檚 parks and cemeteries, these new Living Roof bus shelters are another way that we are supporting the pollinators like bees and moths, which are so important for a biodiverse ecosystem but face threat due to loss of habitat.鈥�

L to R: Carl Wilkinson (Delivery Executive, Emc易倍体育), Graham Carr (Asset & Network Manager, Sunderland City Council), Alice-Ann Brown (Director of Council and Corporate Partnerships, Emc易倍体育), Councillor Iain Scott (Sunderland City Council) and Tim Smith (Highway Asset Engineer, Sunderland City Council)

These shelters will be among the 137 bus shelters to be replaced by Emc易倍体育 in Sunderland.

As well as the replacement of the shelters, Emc易倍体育 have also started of the free-standing advertising units in the city centre with new, high-tech 鈥榃aferlite鈥� digital units, which are thinner and 50% more energy efficient than the existing digital screens.

Will Ramage, Emc易倍体育鈥檚 Managing Director says, 鈥淚t鈥檚 fantastic to see both our 鈥楤ee Bus Stops鈥� and the new Waferlite screens appearing in Sunderland. We鈥檝e had a close partnership with Sunderland City Council for many years and I鈥檓 exceptionally proud that we can be playing a part in making the city even greener and more sustainable.鈥�

To date, Emc易倍体育 has installed over 70 Living Roof Shelters across the UK, in Cardiff, Brighton, Glasgow, Leicester and Derby, amongst others.