Liverpool City Region Air Quality Activities Huw Jenkins Liverpool City Region Combined Authority
Overview • Devolution and the creation of a Mayoral Combined Authority • Air quality across the LCR level • Tackling the problem at a strategic level • Building the evidence
The LCR Mayoral Combined Authority • Statutory body created April 2017 • New powers and freedoms from Devo Deal • Remit - transport, economic development, employment & skills, regeneration, planning and housing • Chaired by Elected Metro Mayor, with local authority leaders and key co-opted members
Devolution Deal “The government will work with the Liverpool City Region Combined Authority to explore ways in which the Liverpool City Region Combined Authority Mayor can be enabled to implement Clean Air Zones in the Combined Authority area. This will help achieve Air Quality Plan objectives at both the national and local level .”
2015 Pollutant emissions (tonnes) GWP Total* Emission Source NO X PM 10 CO CO2 CO2 Equivalent Major road traffic (including Mersey tunnel vents) 437 7 483 160,970 162,610 Minor road traffic 366 6 295 132,667 134,277 Cold starts, hot soaks, diurnal evaporation 59 7 1,435 - 741 Rail traffic (based on 2008 timetables) 274 8 41 7,752 8,687 Bus & rail stations 11 0.3 5 974 1,015 Airport (Liverpool) 178 2 224 48,139 48,382 Shipping port ++ 1,240 52 3,072 126,615 126,615 TRANSPORT TOTAL 2,566 83 5,556 477,117 482,327 Industrial & Commercial Electricity Use"" - - - 662,751 662,751 Industrial & Commercial Gas Use 322 5 63 325,583 326,451 Other Industrial & Commercial Fuel Use & Activities 813 26 366 21,894 28,651 INDUSTRIAL & COMMERCIAL TOTAL 1,135 30 429 1,010,228 1,017,853 Domestic Electricity Use"" - - - 394,226 394,226 Domestic Gas Use 182 4 259 429,743 430,887 Domestic Solid Fuel Use 7 16 431 6,919 7,535 Domestic House & Garden Machinery 6 0.0 522 2,692 2,741 DOMESTIC TOTAL 195 20 1,213 833,581 835,389 AGRICULTURE 5 2 11 774 877 GRAND TOTAL 3,901 136 7,209 2,321,700 2,336,446
NOx Emissions 2013 100 90 80 Proportion of NOx Emissions % 70 60 HGV 50 Bus/Coach LGV 40 Car 30 20 10 0 Merseyside Millersbridge AQMA M6 AQMA Hawthorne Rd Princess Way AQMA Dale St AQMA
So what are we doing? • The problem is predominantly caused by transport • We have a transport plan that plans for travel in a sustainable way, whilst supporting growth, prosperity and health • Promote a New Mobility Culture, where walking, cycling and public transport are the forms of travel of choice – Zurich / Geneva / Freiburg / Hamburg • Not about growth versus the environment
The Metro Mayor’s manifesto • Metro Mayor’s manifesto ambitions are clear:- “…[if] we want to position Liverpool City Region alongside the best, then we need to be at the forefront of environmental conservation and sustainability. We need to be tackling issues like pollution, congestion and environmental degradation …”. • ‘Spatial Planning, Environment and Air Quality’ Portfolio • Mayoral Advisor on Natural Environment
The Mayor’s First 100 Day Plan
Air Quality Preliminary Feasibility Study • AECOM commissioned to develop preliminary feasibility study • Seeks to quantify the effectiveness of the measures that would help to improve air quality • Consult with key stakeholders to identify practicable actions • Understand the baseline and forecasts • Workshop convened last week to discuss views on potential measures • Appraisal of options and link to LCR air quality modelling tools • Final report in March 2018
In summary • Legacy of poor air quality across the LCR • New impetus for action as a result of devo deal and Mayoral commitments • Air quality largely caused by traffic, but solutions cut across many policy areas – what sort of Liverpool City Region do we want to create? • We’re building the evidence for future action http://liverpoolcityregion-ca.gov.uk/default.aspx
Liverpool City Region Air Quality Activities Huw Jenkins Liverpool City Region Combined Authority
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