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Worcester City Council1.4 Summary of Previous Review and AssessmentsThe first and second rounds of Review and Assessment did not identify anyexceedences of the air quality objectives within Worcester.The 2007 Progress Report (Worcester City Council, 2007), however, identifiedpossible exceedences at the following diffusion tube monitoring locations:• Bridge Street/Dolday in the city centre;• Lowesmoor/Rainbow Hill (B4550);• A44 Whittington Road; and• B4636 Newtown Road.A Detailed Assessment was consequently undertaken in 2008 (Worcester CityCouncil, 2008) which concluded that exceedences of the annual mean nitrogendioxide objective were likely at relevant locations adjacent to three of the fourmonitoring locations, with the exception being Whittington Road. Three Air QualityManagement Areas (AQMAs) were therefore declared at the following locations:• Bridge Street/Dolday;• Lowesmoor/Rainbow Hill; and• Newtown Road.Further Assessments of these AQMAs were completed in 2010 (Worcester CityCouncil, 2010a). The conclusions were that:• The Bridge Street/Dolday AQMA should be extended slightly to includeadditional properties along Deansway;• The Lowesmoor/Rainbow Hill AQMA should be extended to include, as aminimum, all relevant locations to the north along Astwood Road; and• The Newtown Road AQMA should be revoked.The 2009 Updating and Screening Assessment (Worcester City Council, 2009)identified potential exceedences of the annual mean nitrogen dioxide in the St Johnsarea of the city. A Detailed Assessment was completed in 2010, which concludedthat an AQMA should be declared. The 2010 Progress Report (Worcester CityCouncil, 2010b) also identified the need to progress to a Detailed Assessment fornitrogen dioxide at the Foregate Street/Shaw Street junction. A consultation hasrecently been carried out regarding the declaration of a City Wide AQMA, whichwould encompass both these areas, with a final decision to be made in November2012.LAQM USA 2012 3
Worcester City CouncilShould the decision be made to declare a City Wide AQMA, it will not be necessaryto carry out an additional Detailed Assessment, and instead a Further Assessmentwill be carried out to inform the Action Plan. A Steering Group is currently being setup to develop the Action Plan once the decision has been made.If a City Wide AQMA is not considered appropriate, additional AQMAs / DetailedAssessments will be prepared as necessary.The 2011 Progress Report did not identify any additional areas or sources requiringconsideration.Figure 1.1 Current AQMA BoundariesContains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right [2012]LAQM USA 2012 4
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