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International praise for local travel coordinators

The leader of an international travel project has applauded the “personal approach” of a North East business park’s travel coordinators in their work to promote and encourage staff to adopt green travel habits.

Over 20 members of the OPTIMUM2 project travelled from across Europe to visit the Cobalt Business Park in North Tyneside to find out more about the work done by developers, Highbridge, to promote sustainable transport options to the staff on-site. OPTIMUM2 is an EU-funded project that aims to improve the environment by reducing solo car use, and encouraging the use of alternative transport.

Hans Voernknect, OPTIMUM2 project manager, said: “The work done at Cobalt to encourage the adoption of sustainable forms of transport is highly commendable. By having dedicated travel coordinators for the whole of the park, Highbridge has made it a lot easier for employees to choose to travel to and from work in the most convenient yet sustainable way.”

Cobalt’s travel and community co-ordinators, Lynn Cramman and Amy Carroll, work alongside occupiers including Procter & Gamble, Orange and GE Money to raise awareness of the wide range of travel options available to people working at the business park.

Lynn Cramman said: “We are delighted to welcome the members of the OPTIMUM2 project to Cobalt, and share with them the ever growing range of initiatives in place at the park to encourage people to use their cars less. “We are always on hand to help staff work out their most cost effective, efficient and stress free means of travel, and work with partner organisations to constantly improve the options available – this has led to a great increase in the numbers of people choosing public transport and leaving their car at home.”

For further information on all aspects of travel at Cobalt, visit www.cobaltbusinesspark.co.uk.

This was posted in Bdaily's Members' News section by Ruth Mitchell .