The Government\u2019s UK Plan for tackling roadside nitrogen dioxide concentrations was published in July 2017 and detailed the approach that would be taken forward by Highways England in order to deliver compliance on the Strategic Road Network (SRN) in the shortest possible time. Since the publication of the 2017 Plan, the Government has been working closely with Highways England (HE) on the delivery of their air quality programme of work. Some measures to tackle illegal roadside nitrogen dioxide concentrations have already been implemented on the SRN by HE.<\/p>
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The second Road Investment Strategy (RIS2) also refers to HE bringing road links on the SRN into compliance with legal nitrogen dioxide limits in the shortest possible time.<\/p>"} , "answeringMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/4522", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Rebecca Pow"} } , "answeringMemberConstituency" : {"_value" : "Taunton Deane"} , "answeringMemberPrinted" : {"_value" : "Rebecca Pow"} , "dateOfAnswer" : {"_value" : "2020-06-22", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} , "isMinisterialCorrection" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"} , "questionFirstAnswered" : [{"_value" : "2020-06-22T12:08:38.587Z", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} ]} , "answeringDeptId" : {"_value" : "13"} , "answeringDeptShortName" : {"_value" : "Environment, Food and Rural Affairs"} , "answeringDeptSortName" : {"_value" : "Environment, Food and Rural Affairs"} , "date" : {"_value" : "2020-06-16", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} , "hansardHeading" : {"_value" : "Motor Vehicles: Exhaust Emissions"} , "houseId" : {"_value" : "1"} , "legislature" : [{"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/terms/25259", "prefLabel" : {"_value" : "House of Commons"} } ], "questionText" : "To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, when the Government plans to publish its plan to reduce air pollution on the Strategic Road Network to within legal limits; and whether that plan will include Highways England\u2019s recently approved Road Investment Strategy 2.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"} , "tablingMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/4029", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Lilian Greenwood"} } , "tablingMemberConstituency" : {"_value" : "Nottingham South"} , "tablingMemberPrinted" : [{"_value" : "Lilian Greenwood"} ], "uin" : "59742"} , {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1204387", "AnsweringBody" : [{"_value" : "Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs"} ], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1204387/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : "
Highways England (HE) currently has 74 air quality monitoring stations alongside the Strategic Road Network. 57 of these are part of its National Air Quality Monitoring Network. The type and number of stations is set out in the table below.<\/p>
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Type of air quality monitoring station*<\/strong><\/p><\/td> Number<\/strong><\/p><\/td><\/tr> MCERTS nitrogen oxide chemiluminescent analyser<\/p><\/td> 61<\/p><\/td><\/tr> MCERTS ozone analyser<\/p><\/td> 11<\/p><\/td><\/tr> MCERTS Beta Attenuation Mass Measuring particulate analyser<\/p><\/td> 2<\/p><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table> *MCERTS (Monitoring Certification Scheme) is the Environment Agency\u2019s Monitoring Certification Scheme.<\/p> <\/p> HE annual site monitoring reports have not been published; however, information from the reports has been provided on request. HE has annual monitoring reports for the number of sites set out in the table below.<\/p> <\/strong><\/p> Year**<\/strong><\/p><\/td> Number of sites for which annual monitoring reports are held<\/strong><\/p><\/td><\/tr> 2016<\/p><\/td> 15<\/p><\/td><\/tr> 2017<\/p><\/td> 31<\/p><\/td><\/tr> 2018<\/p><\/td> 43<\/p><\/td><\/tr> 2019<\/p><\/td> 57 (in draft)<\/p><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table> **2016 is the first year of data for the first monitoring sites installed.<\/p> <\/p> <\/p> <\/p>"}
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