East Suffolk Council adopts new air quality strategy
The drive for clean air and minimal pollution in East Suffolk has taken a step further with the adoption of a new Air Quality Strategy. East Suffolk Council has once again demonstrated its commitment to put the environment at the centre of everything it does, as Councillors unanimously agreed to adopt a new Air Quality […]
Dundee City Council’s Low Emission Zone plans move forward
Dundee City Council’s Low Emission Zone will come a step closer if councillors back the next stage of the process. A statutory consultation on the final plan for the city’s Low Emission Zone (LEZ) will be discussed by Dundee City Council’s community safety and public protection committee next week. The proposal puts forward the city’s […]
A lesson in the value of transport modelling in this week’s Highways Voices podcast
This week’s Highways Voices responds to the comments on the podcast from March when local authorities were urged to make more use the data they gather by using transport modelling. Listen here. Gav Jackman, Managing Director of the UK division of global modelling company Aimsun, explains what the data is used for and how it […]
With two months to go to launch of CAZ, Birmingham CC launches Air Quality Action Plan
With less than two months to go until the launch of its Clean Air Zone, Birmingham City Council has published its Air Quality Action Plan 2021. The new Plan will replace the Council’s previous Air Quality Action Plan 2011 and outlines some key actions to improve air quality in Birmingham between 2021-2026. They include: Supporting […]
Leicester scraps plan for CAZ after ‘significant’ improvements in air quality
Leicester City Council’s Air Quality Action Plan, launched in 2015, has seen a significant improvement in air quality, leading to the council cancelling future plans for a Clean Air Zone in the area. In 2018, the authority was one of 58 directed by the government to carry out feasibility studies for measures that cut nitrogen […]
Waste lorries and children could carry air quality monitors in Swindon
Waste lorries and children could be carrying air pollution monitors in Swindon as part of plans to measure and monitor air quality levels in more detail. During a cabinet meetimg of the council last week, the Labour group’s spokesman for the environment Jane Milner-Barry said: “The 2020 Centre for Cities report identified that 5.4 per […]
Local authorities awarded more than £5 million for innovative air quality projects
Local authorities across England have been given more than £5 million in government funding to deliver innovative projects to improve air quality. The funding, from the government’s Air Quality Grant, helps councils develop and implement measures to benefit schools, businesses and communities and reduce the impact of air pollution on health. These projects complement the […]
Urgent action is needed to prevent air pollution rising as Covid restrictions end, says Centre For Cities research
Air pollution in cities fell over the course of the first national lockdown but now meets or exceeds pre-pandemic levels in 80% of the places studied in recent research, according to the Centre for Cities which conducted the research with CREA. It has called for the acceleration of charging Clean Air Zones. “Those cities that […]
Lower Thames Crossing could emit 5m tonnes of Co2 over 60 years says report
The Lower Thames Crossing could create five million tonnes of carbon dioxide, figures from a Freedom of Information request have said. Estimates suggest the building programme will produce twomillion tonnes of carbon dioxide while traffic created by the road is expected to emit another 3.2 million tonnes over 60 years, a report by the BBC […]
Research suggests air quality improved when LTNs removed
Researchers have discovered that levels of the dangerous nitrous oxide emitted from vehicles was reduced when a low traffic neighbourhood was removed in London. The Telegraph says the emissions measured dropped significantly just days after road closures were scrapped, explaining that the Wandsworth Council research suggests traffic congestion and pollution is being shifted from more […]