Issue - meetings

Report of the Director of Built Environment

Further to Minute No. 86 of the Cabinet meeting held on 19 January 2012, the Council considered the report of the Director of Built Environment on the proposed declaration of two Air Quality Management Areas in Sefton.

This was a Key Decision and was included in the Council’s Forward Plan of Key Decisions.

It was moved by Councillor P. Dowd, seconded by Councillor Maher and unanimously

RESOLVED:

That approval be given to the declaration of the Sefton Council Air Quality Management Area Numbers 4 and 5 Order, 2011 as detailed in the order attached in Annex 1 to the report.

Report of the Director of Built Environment

The Cabinet considered the report of the Director of Built Environment on the proposed declaration of two Air Quality Management Areas in Sefton.

This was a Key Decision and was included in the Council’s Forward Plan of Key Decisions.

RESOLVED:

That the Council be recommended to declare the two Air Quality Management Areas as detailed in the Order set out in Annex 1 to the report.

Report of the Director of Built Environment.

The Committee considered the report of the Director of Built Environment which gave the Committee advance notification of a request to Cabinet and Council seeking formal declaration of two Air Quality Management Areas (AQMAs).

The report informed Members that an analysis of air pollution monitoring data showed that the National Air Quality Strategy (NAQS) objective for nitrogen dioxide was exceeded at the junction of South Road and Crosby Road North, Waterloo and the junction of Hawthorne Road and Church Road, Litherland.

It was reported that an Air Quality Management Area for nitrogen dioxide must be declared at the junction of South Road and Crosby Road North, Waterloo and the junction of Hawthorne Road and Church Road, Litherland.

It was reported that both Air Quality Management Areas were identified as traffic related, because of the contribution of traffic related emissions to the concentrations of pollutants at each site.  It was further reported that measures to improve air quality in response to the declarations would be integrated with the Local Transport Plan capital programme and the TravelWise campaign to promote more sustainable travel.  It was highlighted that the declaration for Crosby Road North would be a key consideration in the A565 Route Management Strategy.

The report set out a timetable for providing information to and consulting those affected by the declaration including a number of named organisations (statutory consultees) and the local community.

RESOLVED: That the recommendation to Cabinet and Council declaring Air Quality Management Areas Numbers 4 and 5 Order, 2011 as detailed at Annex 1 to the report, be accepted.