Local authorities get £2.2 million boost to tackle air pollution - Defra
Air Quality Grant provides money for innovative local authority projects to encourage active and cleaner transport and reduce harmful emissions outside schools
Local authorities across England have been granted more than £2.2 million in government funding to deliver innovative projects to improve air quality.
The money, from the government’s Air Quality Grant, supports schemes which help councils develop and implement measures to benefit schools, businesses and residents, reducing the impact on people’s health and creating cleaner and healthier environments.
Proposals receiving funding include projects and campaigns to:
- reduce harmful emissions outside schools;
- encourage the take up of electric taxis;
- encourage more active transport through education, awareness, and the creation and improvement of cycling and pedestrian routes;
- and collect further data on the exposure to air pollution by vulnerable groups in order to better design future policies.
The £2,273,367 awarded in this round of funding means that more than £64 million has been awarded through the Air Quality Grant since it was launched in 1997.