Oxfordshire Highways Vehicles Go Green

OXFORDSHIRE Highways is set to have 60 of the vehicles that help clean and repair roads running on environmentally-friendly biofuels by the end of the year.

Already there are eight gully cleaners and seven other vehicles running on alternative fuels which are made by processing resources such as corn, sugar, and soya and palm oil.

Oxfordshire Highways is made up of Oxfordshire County Council and contractors Accord and Jacobs.
The intention is to reduce Oxfordshire Highways’ carbon footprint. (Carbon footprinting is a way of measuring how much carbon we emit as individuals or organisations. Carbon dioxide is one of the greenhouse gases responsible for climate change.)

Tests have already shown that the converted vehicles are 10p a gallon cheaper to run in terms of fuel consumption than diesel, and can cut vehicles emissions by over 80 per cent.

Oxfordshire County Council has says that it has set aside a total of