New projects receive 拢1 million to improve local air quality
Environment Minister Dan Rogerson has announced the local authorities to receive new funding from the Air Quality Grant Programme
More than thirty projects across England will benefit from a 拢1 million government fund to improve air quality, Environment Minister Dan Rogerson has announced today.
This money will be used for a wide range of new local projects in 28 local authority areas who have each been awarded between 拢10,000 and 拢60,000.
Environment Minister Dan Rogerson said:
Local authorities have come up with some great ideas for improving air quality across our towns and cities.
Air quality has improved significantly in recent decades and it鈥檚 vital we do everything we can to keep that going. Funding these projects is another important step and will help local authorities keep up their good work.
New projects to receive funding from the Air Quality Grant Programme include:
- 拢21,305 for a new scheme to encourage cycling in Chichester,
- 拢18,950 to fund the introduction of 20mph zones in Cambridge;
- 拢23,500 feasibility study for changing road layouts and HGV routes in North Hertfordshire.
Introduced in 1997, the Annual Air Quality Grant Programme has allocated over 拢50 million to support local authorities in monitoring and improving air quality.
The grant programme for 2013 to 2014 focussed on supporting projects set up to deal with high nitrogen dioxide levels normally associated with road transport.
Local authorities who receive grant funding will be required to provide a progress report by November next year and audit checks will be carried out to check how appropriately the money has been spent.
List of local authorities receiving funding in 2013 to 2014
| Blaby District Council | Investigating the impact of smoothing traffic flow using micro-simulation modelling | 拢60,000 |
| Bradford Metropolitan District Council | AQ and Health Strategy | 拢46,000 |
| Bradford Metropolitan District Council | LEZ assessment for Calderdale, Kirklees and Wakefield 拢14k | 拢14,000 |
| Brighton and Hove City Council | Development of strategic action plan measures | 拢32,500 |
| Bristol City Council | Health research, LES, electric bikes (Raising awareness, study into electric bicycles, LEZ support etc.) | 拢29,000 |
| Cambridge City Council | 20mph zone | 拢18,950 |
| Chichester District Council | Behaviour change programme - cycling | 拢21,305 |
| City of London | Community engagement for action | 拢29,000 |
| City of London (joint bid) | Engagement through hospitals | 拢56,000 |
| East Hertfordshire Council | Sustainable Travel Campaign with range of measures | 拢29,000 |
| LB Camden | Behaviour change programme | 拢31,000 |
| LB Ealing | Coordinated approach to Horn Lane, incl. PM monitoring and source apportionment and LES for PM & NOx. | 拢29,000 |
| LB Islington | Solid fuel combustion from canal boats | 拢24,000 |
| LB Islington | Behaviour change programme | 拢38,000 |
| LB Merton | Businesses on industrial estate | 拢10,000 |
| LB Tower Hamlets (and Islington) | VMS on Tower Bridge for anti-idling | 拢20,000 |
| Leeds City Council | Hybrid taxis - including modelling | 拢38,000 |
| Lewes District Council | Modal shift measures - mainly cycling | 拢29,000 |
| North Hertfordshire District Council | Feasibility study for changing road layout and HGV route survey | 拢23,500 |
| Reading Borough Council | Solid Fuel Combustion | 拢12,000 |
| Reading Borough Council | Anti-idling campaign | 拢12,500 |
| Royal Borough of Greenwich | Low Emission Vans | 拢15,000 |
| Royal Borough of Kensington & Chelsea | Green infrastructure | 拢43,000 |
| Royal Borough of Kensington & Chelsea | Targeting schools and businesses | 拢20,000 |
| Sheffield | Communication programme prior to LEZ implementation | 拢46,000 |
| Shropshire Council | Monitoring for UTMC system | 拢24,450 |
| South Hams District Council | Modelling of Action Plan measures | 拢12,380 |
| South Lakeland District Council | Behaviour change programme | 拢29,000 |
| South Oxfordshire District Council | Oxfordshire Air Thoughts鈥� website and coordination | 拢29,000 |
| Southampton | Developing an overarching LES, with strategies for taxis, buses, freight, health comms, planning. | 拢60,000 |
| Wakefield Council | Modelling of Action Plan measures (Paramics) | 拢60,000 |
| West Berkshire Council | Personalised Travel Planning | 拢38,000 |
| Westminster City Council | Communication project with public health | 拢20,000 |
Updates to this page
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Added list of local authorities receiving funding under this grant programme for 2013 to 2014.
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First published.