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[email protected] · April 30th 16, 11:36 PM posted to uk.transport.london

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The government was today accused of _dragging its feet while Londoners
choke_ on toxic air.

Campaign group ClientEarth launched the attack on ministers on the first
anniversary of its Supreme Court victory which forced the Government to
beef up its masterplan to tackle nitrogen dioxide pollution.

The environmental lawyers also published a list of 20 pollution blackspots
where filthy air far exceeds EU limits.

They include Putney High Street, in south west London, where the average
NO2 concentration level was 133 micrograms per cubic metre between January
1 and April 27, according to monitoring by King_s College London, with EU
regulations saying this score should not be more than 40.

It's been a terrible pollution blackspot all my life. Never did me any harm
in the 1960s G.

What could be done about it though? It's a main approach to a Thames bridge
that is also the main local shopping street.

Dig a tunnel? Knock all the shops and nearby houses down and create a bigger
Exchange shopping centre away from the road? It's hardly going to be
practical to sharply reduce the traffic on the high Street is it?

Brixton Road in Lambeth had an average reading so far this year of 128.

While Euston Road in Camden, Marylebone Road in Westminster, and Earls
Court Road in Kensington and Chelsea were all on 86.

Continues, with map:

http://www.standard.co.uk/news/londo...s-for-toxic-ai
r-in-london-a3236611.html

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Colin Rosenstiel

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