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<p>Local authorities take the lead on monitoring levels of air pollution within their
boundaries. City of Bradford Metropolitan District Council (CBMDC) was one of eight
local authorities directed in October 2018, as part of the supplement to the 2017
UK Plan for Tackling Roadside Nitrogen Dioxide (NO<sub>2</sub>) Concentrations, to
develop a local plan to tackle identified NO<sub>2</sub> exceedances, following a
Government-funded targeted feasibility study conducted by the council. This study
identified persistent long-term exceedances of legal NO<sub>2</sub> limit values in
and around the city centre including the Shipley area, and that without further action
CBMDC would not be compliant with legal NO<sub>2</sub> limits until 2027.</p><p> </p><p>Following
approval of its plan early this year, CBMDC was subsequently directed and funded to
introduce a charging Clean Air Zone in late 2021 that will cover the city centre,
Canal Road corridor, Shipley and Saltaire, enabling CBMDC to achieve compliance by
2022.</p>
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