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Bristol
Air Quality Improvement
Bristol Published an Air Quality Action Plan (AQAP) in April 2004. The full document is available from the Bristol
City Council website (see links). The executive summary is reproduced below.
Over a quarter of Bristol is predicted to fail to meet the Government’s health-based air quality targets for 2005.
These areas have been declared AQMAs. Over 100,000 people live in these areas and tens of thousands more work or
go to school in the central AQMA. This Draft Air Quality Action Plan (AQAP) sets out a package of measures that
aim to improve air quality in Bristol and meet the Government’s pollution targets for nitrogen dioxide and particles.
They will not be sufficient to meet the target date of 2005 but will aim to meet it as soon as possible after this date.
The AQAP has been drawn up following government guidance and the results of consultation in Bristol and will be led
by the Council, but will also require active support from the public, stakeholders and businesses if it is to be
effective. There are many simple steps that people and businesses can take to reduce pollution. Collectively these
could make a significant difference to pollution levels in Bristol.
The vast majority of pollution comes from road traffic, therefore the AQAP focuses predominantly on transport measures.
Steps are also being taken to reduce pollution from industrial and domestic sources.
Many of the actions in the Bristol Local Transport Plan (LTP) will contribute towards improved air quality, but not
quickly enough to meet the government’s targets. The AQAP measures will "top up" the LTP to ensure a
more rapid improvement in air quality.
The AQAP identifies 27 additional ‘top up’ measures, some of which are new, others are enhancements of LTP measures
or the acceleration of LTP measures within the AQMA. The measures are listed under four main headings; Information
and Promotion, Promotion and Provision of Alternatives, Managing the Road Network, and Emissions Management.
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