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Air Quality & Transport - Warwick District
There are currently three declared AQMA’s within Warwick District. These were all declared in December 2004, and are located in Leamington Spa at the junction of High Street/Bath Street/Old Warwick Road/Clemens Street, in Warwick town centre along High Street/Jury Street, and in the village of Barford. All three areas have an exceedance of Nitrogen Dioxide (NO2)).
There are a substantial number of receptors in each of the AQMAs, including both residential and business properties.
The AQMA in Warwick has recently been extended, and now covers High Street up to the junction with Bowling Green Street, Theatre Street/Saltisford up to the junction with Vittle Drive, Northgate/The Butts, Smith Street and St Nicholas Church Street. This effectively means that the majority of the town centre core is covered by the AQMA.
On-going monitoring within the Barford AQMA has shown a substantial reduction in NO2 levels following the opening of the A429 Barford Bypass in 2007.
Based on these results, it is likely (following the confirmatory monitoring period required by Defra) that the existing AQMA may be able to be formally revoked in the next 12 months.
There are two emerging air quality issues within Kenilworth, these being the section of Warwick Road between Waverley Road and Station Road, and on New Street immediately east of the junction of Bridge Street, High Street, New Street and Fieldgate Lane. The District Council has indicated that these sites are both likely to be declared as AQMAs in the near future.
A significant amount of work has been undertaken over the last 12 months to prepare an AQAP for the three declared AQMAs within the District. It is hoped to complete and publish the AQAP early in 2009.
Further information on air quality in Warwick District can be found at:
http://www.warwickdc.gov.uk/NR/EXERES/C459BD22-E192-468D-9338-E1ADCFA0C437.htm
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