Hardwick Hill, Chepstow, Air Quality Action Plan
Two Workshop Seminars to be held in October
Nitrogen dioxide levels along a small section of Hardwick Hill in Chepstow are exceeding national objective levels. Monmouthshire County Council now has a requirement to write, and implement, an Air Quality Action Plan in order to improve air quality in this area. The road in question is managed nationally by the Welsh Assembly Government and as such wider stakeholders are involved in the Action Planning process.
To identify measures to improve air quality at this location and to help with evaluating and prioritising those measures and writing an Action Plan, a workshop will be held on the 21st October 2009 at the Chepstow Hotel. There will be two sessions, one from 3.00 pm to 5.00 pm and one from 6.00 pm to 8.00 pm. Please find attached an agenda for the seminar.
If you would like to attend, or receive more information on the issue, contact Cheryl Harris on her e-mail cherylaharris@monmouthshire.gov.uk or telephone number 01291 426899, to notify her of your attendance (please specify which session you will attend), or to be added to an e-mail list when more information is released.
The seminar will run from 3.00 pm to 5.00 pm with a second session between
6.00 pm to 8.00 pm. The programme for the sessions is as follows:
Time Activity
3.00 pm Introduction and welcome
3.05 pm Brief introduction to air quality in Chepstow and requirements of the action plan.
3.15 pm Brief introduction to transport work ongoing in Chepstow, including WAG involvement.
3.25 pm Brief Overview of the Local Development Plan and local sites.
3.35 pm Introduction to rest of the meeting.
3.40 pm Small-group work looking at brainstorming measures.
At this stage it is anticipated there will be 5 categories of measures with each group looking at a different category:
• traffic management (including longer term strategic initiatives)
• lowering emissions
• promotion and provision of alternatives
• education and information
• planning.
4.10 pm Each facilitator will provide brief (2 minute) feedback on the measures proposed by their group so that the whole room is informed on whole set of measures.
4.25 pm Following the feedback each group to think about pros and cons of measures which have been proposed.
4.45 pm Final exercise to ‘vote’ for measures. Each participant will be given 20 red sticky dots and 20 green sticky dots (green dots for support, red dots for opposition).
4.55 pm Final thank you and summing up of the outcomes and what we will do with them etc.
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