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  • Harringey Council are holding some public meetings about plans to tackle Air Quality in the borough. Last one tonight.

    If you can't make the meeting - maybe consider signing this Friends of The Earth petition

    Care for Haringey’s Air - impact of pollution and what can be done
    about it. Haringey Council are holding two community workshops and a
    Public meeting to engage with residents and others to raise awareness
    and provide information on air quality issues in Haringey. We will
    set out actions currently underway to improve air quality in the
    borough and identify, in discussion with the community, ideas and
    potential actions that could be included in an updated Air Quality
    Action Plan, thus encouraging a collective approach to tackling poor
    air quality and reducing pollutant emissions in the borough. The
    Public Meeting will also be an opportunity to find out more about air
    quality in the borough and learn about the actions being carried out
    by both Haringey and the GLA. Using the feedback from the community
    and internal workshops the council will present potential measures
    that could be included in its new plan. It is a chance for you to
    provide your opinions on the proposed measures in the emerging
    revision to the Air Quality Action Plan.

    Air Quality Community workshop Wednesday 8th March 17:15- 19:00
    Tottenham Living room 639 High Road Tottenham N17 8AA

    Air Quality Public meeting Thursday 9th March 17:15- 19:00
    Committee Room 8, 3rd Floor, Civic Centre High Road, London, N22
    8LE

  • Rumours from Haringey Cycling are that the proposed solution is to encourage people to move to electric cars.

    Not at all surprising given how little the council appears to care about walking/cycling.

  • Totally agree Haringay are miles behind other boroughs on walking and cycling.

    Electric cars are an easy option for the councils as you don't have to persuade people to change behaviour or pay to build cycle facilities etc. They can even get the cost for charging infra covered by developers and car owners.

    There is a lot of provision for electric cars in The London Plan, and most boroughs Planning Policies. (e.g. requiring charging points at all new developments). Obviously it does nothing to make cycling safer, reduce congestion or a load of other car related problems. Sigh.

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