Agenda item

Presented by Ruth Calderwood

The Board noted that the Mayor of London had awarded the City of London Corporation £990,000 over three years to implement a Low Emission Neighbourhood (LEN). This followed a successful application for funding submitted in April 2016.

The LEN will focus on three areas: Barbican, Guildhall and Barts. This zone was

chosen as it supports plans for improvements to Beech Street and the cultural hub,

supports the Barbican Estates plans for freight consolidation and electric charge

points and builds on previous air quality engagement projects with Barts Health NHS Trust, Barbican residents and local businesses.

The overall aim of the LEN was to improve local air quality by reducing the amount of traffic and encouraging and supporting low and zero emission vehicles in the locality. Improvements in air quality are expected both within the proposed neighbourhood and more widely across the City due to an increase in low and zero emission vehicles. It was anticipated that the most successful measures will be rolled out across the City. This work supports the aims and objectives of the City of London Air Quality Strategy 2015 – 2020, in addition to a number of other corporate policies and strategies. It also goes towards addressing air quality, which has been identified as a corporate risk. An update report will be submitted to the Committee in early 2017.

Resolved – that the report be received.