{"id":51693,"date":"2014-12-16T14:05:00","date_gmt":"2014-12-16T14:05:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/?guid=1b10bb53c636eb79aa7a026e8cbd18e6"},"modified":"2014-12-16T14:05:00","modified_gmt":"2014-12-16T14:05:00","slug":"news-story-24-projects-to-improve-air-quality-to-receive-1-million-fund","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/?p=51693","title":{"rendered":"News story: 24 projects to improve air quality to receive \u00a31 million fund"},"content":{"rendered":"
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A \u00a31 million fund has been awarded to 24 local authority projects designed to improve air quality in their area as part of this year\u2019s Air Quality Grant Programme.<\/p>\n

The Grant Programme for 2014\/15 has focused on supporting projects set up to tackle nitrogen dioxide levels and mitigate emissions from road transport.<\/p>\n

Successful projects include \u00a340,000 to upgrade cycle and pedestrian links across the A458 in Dudley; \u00a321,820 on cycling infrastructure in Cheshire; \u00a320,800 to promote electric vehicles in Bristol and \u00a331,000 to build a business case for gas buses in Leicester. <\/p>\n

Environment Minister Dan Rogerson said:<\/p>\n

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Air quality has improved significantly in recent decades and local authorities play a vital role \u2013 funding these great projects across the country will help them to continue this good work. I look forward to seeing how these projects will deliver real benefits for communities across England.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Other examples of projects receiving funding include \u00a350,000 to trial converting container stacking machines from diesel to natural gas in Southampton; \u00a331,320 on subway improvements in Hertfordshire and \u00a329,100 on cycle path upgrades in Watford.<\/p>\n

It is hoped this grant will help reduce air pollution and raise awareness of the ongoing work between the UK government, local authorities and the European Commission to further improve air quality.<\/p>\n

Awards given in the 2014-15<\/h3>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Local Authority<\/th>\nProject Description<\/th>\nAward<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n
Dudley Metropolitan Borough Council<\/td>\nUpgrading cycle and pedestrian links across the A458<\/td>\n\u00a340,000<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Bradford<\/td>\nDevelopment of Low Emission Strategy Guide<\/td>\n\u00a335,000<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
London Borough of Croydon<\/td>\nCo-ordination of Cleaner Air Champions (including personal exposure monitoring) across 6 boroughs<\/td>\n\u00a351,838<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Wandsworth Council<\/td>\nInvestigation \u2013 analysing air quality monitoring and licence plate recognition data<\/td>\n\u00a348,000<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Birmingham City Council<\/td>\nModelling to build evidence base for measures<\/td>\n\u00a332,443<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Westminster City Council<\/td>\nInstallation of electric vehicle charging points in car club bays<\/td>\n\u00a3128,800<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Southampton City Council<\/td>\nTrial to convert container stacking machines in port from diesel to natural gas<\/td>\n\u00a350,000<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Southampton City Council<\/td>\nUsing wireless air quality monitoring to develop traffic management software<\/td>\n\u00a330,000<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Bristol City Council<\/td>\nPurchase an electric vehicle for everyday council use and promote electric vehicles<\/td>\n\u00a320,800<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Slough Borough Council<\/td>\nDevelop a Low Emission Strategy with Air Quality & Planning Guidance<\/td>\n\u00a342,000<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Thurrock Borough Council<\/td>\nMicro-simulation study of interventions at junctions in highly-congested areas<\/td>\n\u00a343,418<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Leicester City Council<\/td>\nBusiness case for gas buses<\/td>\n\u00a331,000<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Sefton Metropolitan Borough Council<\/td>\nBusiness case for alternative fuels for Heavy and Light Goods Vehicles\/buses for Merseyside<\/td>\n\u00a340,000<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Bristol City Council<\/td>\nInvestigation of freight options in potential Low Emission Zone<\/td>\n\u00a330,000<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Leicester City Council<\/td>\nTemporary reallocation of road-space in busy inner city area<\/td>\n\u00a332,000<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Cheshire West & Chester Council<\/td>\nDevelopment of Low Emission Strategy<\/td>\n\u00a340,200<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Cheshire East Borough Council<\/td>\nCycling infrastructure<\/td>\n\u00a321,820<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Plymouth City Council<\/td>\nSchool behaviour change programme – to encourage anti-idling of vehicles and greener forms of transport for the school run<\/td>\n\u00a311,761<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
East Herts Council<\/td>\nSubway improvements<\/td>\n\u00a331,320<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Cannock Chase Council (covering benefits for multiple authorities)<\/td>\nGreen fleet recognition scheme for Heavy Goods Vehicles \u2013 across 8 Local Authorities<\/td>\n\u00a380,000<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Plymouth City Council<\/td>\nLow Emission Zone Feasibility Study for Plymouth<\/td>\n\u00a321,000<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Watford Borough Council<\/td>\nCycle path upgrade including infrastructure improvements<\/td>\n\u00a329,100<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Halton Borough Council<\/td>\nQuantify and mitigate air pollution caused by local traffic around a major supermarket in the area<\/td>\n\u00a39,500<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
London Borough of Islington (joint-bid with LB Hackney)<\/td>\nReducing pollution from mini-cabs by creating an electric charging network<\/td>\nFinal amount to be confirmed<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n
Total<\/td>\n\u00a0<\/td>\n\u00a31,000,000<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

New projects around the UK have been awarded a share of this year’s Air Quality grant focusing on reducing emissions from road transport.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/51693"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=51693"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/51693\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=51693"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=51693"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=51693"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}