Written question asked by Barry Sheerman (Labour) on Monday, 25 January 2021, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Wednesday, 27 January 2021. It was answered by Baroness Maclean of Redditch (Conservative) on Monday, 1 February 2021 on behalf of the Department for Transport.
Motor Vehicles: Exhaust Emissions
- Question
-
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what discussions he has had with Highways England on tackling roadside air pollution.
- Answer
-
Highways England has undertaken a programme of work to improve air quality on the Strategic Road Network (SRN), in the first Road Investment Strategy (RIS1) and RIS2, and has published its own air quality strategy at: https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/634933/N160081_Air_Quality_Strategy_Final_V18.pdf.
This programme has included monitoring the effectiveness of tall barriers and running an open competition to gather ideas from a wide range of organisations.
To support the mitigation of air quality issues, Highways England has invested £12.5 million of its Air Quality Designated Funding with authorities in Leeds, Coventry, Kent, Nottingham, Sheffield and Bristol to implement an electric van scheme to support the uptake of zero emissions vans. Schemes in Leeds, Coventry, Kent and Nottingham are now operating and will be followed by Sheffield and Bristol.
Secondary information
- Type
- Written question
- Reference
- 142780
- Session
- 2019-21
- Subjects
- Exhaust emissions Motor vehicles Pollution control
- Link
- View this Written question on www.parliament.uk
Librarians' tools
- Timestamp
- 2021-02-01 15:03:34 +0000
- URI
- http://data.parliament.uk/writtenparliamentaryquestion/commons/2019-21/142780
- In Indexing
- http://indexing.parliament.uk/Content/Edit/1?uri=http://data.parliament.uk/writtenparliamentaryquestion/commons/2019-21/142780
- In Solr
- https://search.parliament.uk/claw/solr/?id=http://data.parliament.uk/writtenparliamentaryquestion/commons/2019-21/142780