Liverpool declares its Air Quality Management Area

Liverpool City Council have officially designated an Air Quality Management Area (AQMA) in Liverpool city centre. Within this zone of the city, attempts will be made to minimise pollution levels from traffic and provide greater priority to pedestrians, cyclists and clean public transport.

Liverpool City Council have now contracted consultants NETCEN to further investigate the sources of pollution in the area and, following public consultation, produce a detailed plan for reducing transport related pollution in the AQMA.

the environment on Merseyside.

This public information service will initially be available on the internet and over the telephone. An awareness raising campaign will been launched across Liverpool over the next two years.

The website and phone line are now open.

www.ecotravel.org.uk

The EcoTravel Information Bureau will provide both individuals and businesses with information about clean, healthy and sustainable travel in Liverpool.

 

This will include information
about potential cost savings and conversions of passenger
vehicles to alternative
fuels together with
details of the
healthbenefits
on a local and
global scale.
The bureau is
the first point
of call for all
individuals interested
in the CATCH project,
transport, health and

Complete Sustainable Travel Information Bureau for Liverpool

for more information,

contact: William Good,

Liverpool City Council,

e-mail:

william.good@liverpool.gov.uk

for more information,

contact: Stephen Finnegan,

ECOtravel co-ordinator,

e-mail:

stephen.finnegan@merseytravel.gov.uk

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