Sussex Air Quality Partnership (Sussex-air ) www.sussex-air.net

Combining measures to achieve

a low emission strategy for Sussex

Nigel Jenkins

Project Manager for Sussex-air

Sussex Air Quality Partnership (Sussex-air)

• Operates the Sussex Air Quality Network.

• Supports information, technical , training and policy.

• Operates public health support services

• airAlert and coldAlert

• Supports and delivers local/SE/UK/EU initiatives:

• AQ and low emission planning guidance (Sussex)

• Research in air pollution impacts (DH/King’s)

• Low emission zones (BHCC and Storrington)

• SE England eV infrastructure www.evsoutheast.net

Partners we work with:

Sussex Air Quality Partnership (Sussex-air ) www.sussex-air.net Institute of Air Quality Management AGM - November 2012

Sussex AQMA’s

Hastings

Brighton

Lewes

Shoreham (2)

Chichester (3)

Storrington

Worthing A27

Hassocks

Cowfold

Newhaven

Rottingdean

Sussex has 13+ Air Quality Management Areas

• Traffic emissions are the cause of all breaches of AQ.

• Many other locations are near AQ objective levels.

• AQ action plans need policies to drive improvements.

• Development management can help deliver improved

air quality.

Emissions sources

Modelling and assessment of AQMAs

Applicable strategic actions Local

Authority

AQMA (reduction needed

µg/m³) Vehicle type (%NO2)

Change in the AADT of the vehicle type required (%) to meet AQO total AADT%

affected)

Applicable strategic actions

Adur High Street,

Shoreham (3 µg/m³)

Bus (6%) 100% (1%) Retrofitting, Low Emission buses

Car (25%) 30% (75%) Low Emission cars, re-routing, differential parking

RHGV (12%) and AHGV (3%) 50% and 100% (3%) Rerouting, Gas infrastructure

Brighton & Hove

City 2013

Bus - Retrofitting

Taxi - Retrofitting, Low Emission schemes

HGV - Low emission schemes, rerouting, LEZ

Chichester

Stockbridge (22 µg/m³)

All vehicles (100%) 30% (100%) LEZ, LEVs, re-routing, flyover

RHGV (13%) and AHGV (11%) 100% and 100% (24%) Gas infrastructure

St Pancras (3 µg/m³)

Cars (29%) 17% (86%) EVs, differential parking,

Buses (10%) 33% (2%) Retrofitting, Low Emission buses

Crawley Hazelwick (12 µg/m³)

Buses (12%) and HGV (10%) 100% and 100% (4%) LEZ, Re-routing, Retrofitting, Gas Infrastructure, Low Emission buses

Cars (83%) and HGV (0.7%) 50% and 80% (42%) LEZ, LEV discounts, rerouting

Horsham Strorrington HGV - LEZ, Re-routing, Retrofitting, Gas Infrastructure

Cowfold HGV - LEZ, Re-routing, Retrofitting, Gas Infrastructure

Lewes Lewes Town (18.6 µg/m³)

Car - Low Emission cars, re-routing, differential parking

HGV - Rerouting, Gas infrastructure, LEVs and zero emission technology for local deliveries

Midsussex Hassocks (6 µg/m³)

All vehicles (100%) 25% (100%) Re-routing, LEZ, retrofitting buses

Cars (44%) and LGVs (12%) 48% (97%) rerouting, LEVs

Worthing Grove Lodge (12 µg/m³)

Bus (2%), RHGV (7%) and AHGV (3%) 100%, 100% and 100% (4%) LEZ

Car (30%), LGV (10%) and HGVs (10%) 50%, 50% and 10% Re-routing, LEVs and zero emission technology for local deliveries

Summary of actions

Adur Brighton & Hove Chichester Crawley Horsham Lewes Midsussex Worthing DELIVERABLE THROUGH

Differential parking √ √ √ x x √ x √LEVs √ √ √ x x √ x √

Car clubs x √ √ √ x √ √ √ Common wheels

Retrofitting √ √ √ √ x x x √Low emission buses √ x x √ x x x x

Re-routing √ √ √ √ √ √ √ √ Strategic route planning

Gas infrastructure √ √ √ √ √ √ √ √Low emission local deliveries x √ √ √ √ √ √ x

LEZ x √ √ √ √ x √ x All

CAR

eVSE

BUSGreen Bus Fund & Ecostars

HGV

Gas infrastructure & Ecostars & eVSE

Actions

Low emission guidance for Sussex

Sussex authorities are working together to combine

actions on air quality to create a low emission strategy

for Sussex.

..and are working across the South East of England to

create the first rapid charging network for electric

vehicle s, under the eV South East Network Partnership

and £2.4mill from DfT OLEV.....coming soon near you

Thank you

Sussex Air Quality Partnership

&

nigel.jenkins@lewes.gov.uk