'The Dover District Council Final Air Quality Action Plan for Townwall St is the culmination of the second round of local air quality review and assessment for the Dover District. The results of this review meant the declaration of the A20 Townwall Street Air Quality Management Area (AQMA) which covers a stretch of the A20 between the York Street roundabout and a point 140 metres from the Eastern Docks. The aim of the Action Plan is to identify how the Council will use its existing powers and work together with other organisations including the Highways Agency, other relevent transport authorities, the Dover Harbour Board and relevent stakeholders to improve air quality within the AQMA and throughout the district.
Consultation on the Plan has been completed and changes made to the draft plan where appropriate. All comments are included in the Final Plan as an appendix.
The Plan considers measures, both direct and general, to improve air quality across the whole District. Dover District Council will work jointly on the action plan measures with the relevant partners including the Highways Agency, Kent County Council, Dover Harbour Board, transport operators, schools and local businesses. To secure the necessary air quality improvements there must be involvement by all local stakeholders and Dover District Council will actively work to encourage community participation in the process.
The implementation and effectiveness of the Action Plan will be carefully monitored through monitoring of NO2 at relevant receptor locations within the AQMAs. In addition, traffic flow changes on the key roads will also be assessed through the review and assessment process, and the uptake of local measures such as Travel Plans will be monitored. Indicators have been provided for the general measures to be undertaken by the Council to monitor progress annually.
There will be regular review and assessment of the action plan proposals to evaluate progress and this will be reported annually. Any comments or suggestions on the Action Plan can be sent to the project manager Brian Gibson by letter or by e-mail to envhealth@dover.gov.uk
The Dover Air Quality Action Plan (pdf, 1,424kb)
The Council has completed some considerable studies on air quality within the district. The latest reports can be downloaded below. Hard copies of reports are available from Environmental Health:
Tel: 01304 872428
E-mail: envhealth@dover.gov.uk
