Agenda item

RESOLVED: that

1.         the monitored results gathered in 2022 be noted and accepted.

2.         the 2023 Annual Progress Report (as attached as Appendix 1) be approved for submission to Welsh Government for approval by 31^st December 2023.

Cabinet considered the Local Air Quality Annual Progress report which uses data from air quality data sets obtained in 2022 prior to submission to Welsh Government.

Following the Welsh Government Direction in 2020, the Council published a plan to address the issues raised around air quality on the A4161 (Castle Street), the plan detailed measures which included implementation of electric buses, a bus retrofit programme, a taxi mitigation scheme and city centre transport improvements.

It was noted that there are four air quality management areas declared across Cardiff.  Results obtained from the three automated monitoring network sites demonstrated compliance with the national air quality objectives for both NO2 and PM10.  It was highlighted that in general air quality in Cardiff is improving, however some concerns were noted in regard to the site in Llandaff, more work will be undertaken to understand this issue.

The report highlights that of the 135 non-automatic monitoring sites no monitoring sites have recorded exceedances of the annual average objective set for NO2 (40 µg/m³).  In relation to school sites monitoring as part of the school streets project it was noted that each of the sites demonstrated full compliance with the annual average objective of(40 µg/m³).

A letter from the Environmental Scrutiny Committee was circulated.

RESOLVED: that

1.          the monitored results gathered in 2022 be noted and accepted.

2.          the 2023 Annual Progress Report (as attached as Appendix 1) be approved for submission to Welsh Government for approval by 31^st December 2023.