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Consultation has concluded
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On 1 December 2021 Tunbridge Wells Borough Council declared a small Air Quality Management Area (AQMA) in Cranbrook Road, Hawkhurst.
We have been measuring air quality in Hawkhurst for a number of years, and whilst we found it to be generally good, there are some 27 properties in Cranbrook Road where the air quality objective, or limit, for nitrogen dioxide was exceeded in 2019. The cause of the exceedance is a combination of the traffic queues at the crossroads, the uphill gradient as you approach the crossroads in Cranbrook Road and the narrowness of the street in that location.
When the Council measures an exceedance of an air quality objective, we are legally required to declare an AQMA, as we have done. We are then required to produce an Air Quality Action Plan (AQAP) which includes the measures by which we hope to tackle the exceedance
There has already been a significant improvement in air quality since 2019, partly due to a long term trend of improvement, and partly because of how many people have changed their working and driving routines in recent years. Our AQAP is intended to build on the improvement which has already occurred.
We want to hear your views about our action plan. Please read through the list of proposed actions attached on this page, and take part in our survey.
We would also welcome your suggestions for other actions that we may not have thought of.
Once we have considered all of your responses, we will finalise our plan.
On 1 December 2021 Tunbridge Wells Borough Council declared a small Air Quality Management Area (AQMA) in Cranbrook Road, Hawkhurst.
We have been measuring air quality in Hawkhurst for a number of years, and whilst we found it to be generally good, there are some 27 properties in Cranbrook Road where the air quality objective, or limit, for nitrogen dioxide was exceeded in 2019. The cause of the exceedance is a combination of the traffic queues at the crossroads, the uphill gradient as you approach the crossroads in Cranbrook Road and the narrowness of the street in that location.
When the Council measures an exceedance of an air quality objective, we are legally required to declare an AQMA, as we have done. We are then required to produce an Air Quality Action Plan (AQAP) which includes the measures by which we hope to tackle the exceedance
There has already been a significant improvement in air quality since 2019, partly due to a long term trend of improvement, and partly because of how many people have changed their working and driving routines in recent years. Our AQAP is intended to build on the improvement which has already occurred.
We want to hear your views about our action plan. Please read through the list of proposed actions attached on this page, and take part in our survey.
We would also welcome your suggestions for other actions that we may not have thought of.
Once we have considered all of your responses, we will finalise our plan.
