PRESS RELEASE
Issued by:
Councillor Gill Gardiner
Cabinet Member for Environment
Date of Issue: January 25th 2008
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WIRRAL SCHOOL TO MEET CLIMATE CHANGE CHALLENGE

Wirral Council's Cabinet this week gave the go-ahead to proposals for a new school that will be environmentally ‘ state of the art', ready to meet the challenge of climate change.

Gill Gardiner , Liberal Democrat Cabinet Member for Environment said,

“This new school is a wonderful opportunity to embrace all the latest environmentally-friendly technology, and help the local environment and the local economy.

“Its design and building will conform to all up-to-date standards for sustainability, drainage systems, water systems, energy-saving and, as part of the tendering process, the successful contractor will be required to demonstrate the proposals will include a local labour/training scheme.

“The contractor will also be encouraged to source materials and sub-contractors locally to support local businesses; as part of the tender they will need to demonstrate a substantial local labour/training scheme to promote the employment of school leavers and local residents, which is all good news for local people and local jobs.”

The new school, which will replace Woodchurch high School, is part of the Government's ‘Building Schools for the Future' programme; it still requires planning and building regulation approval before work starts on site and pre-application discussions are already underway.

Councillor Gardiner continued,

“In terms of the environment and the threat of climate change, this really is a school for the future, taking into account as it does the need to conserve energy, protect scarce resources, and help sustainability locally.

“It represents not only a sound investment in our children's education, but also in energy conservation and the environment”.

click here for the 23 January Cabinet report