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  1. Green Streets is an urban street greening project that involves local residents in the process of planning, planting, installing and maintaining greenery on or around their street.

    Between 2007 and 2009, the Newlands programme funded a pilot round of Green Streets projects in Salford, Manchester and Merseyside.

    The Green Streets teams, from Red Rose Forest and The Mersey Forest, consulted 2,685 households on or near the streets targeted by the project. The vast majority of people felt that the new trees planted improved the look and feel of their local area.

    In total, 688 trees were planted across the 35 residential streets, exceeding the initial target of 300. Over 15.5km of route-way (target 10.8km) and five transport corridors (target four) were improved through the tree planting. Nine local schools became engaged in the project and 780 individuals had direct involvement in the tree planting too.

    Following the success of this pilot, the initiative was extended to 2011. In this round, further projects were delivered such as Seaforth in Sefton. Here, 30 new street trees were planted along the shopping streets and in residential areas, following consultation with local people and businesses. Over 400 local people were invited to express their views on the proposed tree planting, including what species should be planted and where.

    Green Streets also seeks to link projects, connecting as many people as possible to local green spaces. To complement the development of the community woodlands at Northwood, Knowsley, 150 street trees were planted across the area whilst 50 water butts were also installed on residential properties, for free, to encourage residents to water their newly adopted trees. Similarly, 70 trees were planted in five streets neighbouring the Nutsford Vale project in South East Manchester.