Issue - meetings

The Cabinet gave consideration to a report of the Deputy Chief Executive, People and Place related to the Air Quality Feasibility Study.

The Council had been mandated by Government to review options available in order to bring forward nitrogen dioxide emissions compliance on an identified link of road in Oldham as soon as possible.  Cabinet were required to approve, in principle, options to achieve this to ensure that the Council was legally compliant within directive which had been served.  The feasibility study required Oldham to develop a list of measures which would bring about nitrogen dioxide compliance in the shortest possible time as well as set out the preferred measure.  The current position was outlined at Section 2 of the report.  The refined shortlist of measures at Section 2.9 of the report was highlighted.

Options/Alternatives

Option 1 – approve, in principle, the shortlist form which the preferred option(s) will be selected if any) to bring forward nitrogen dioxide compliance in the shortest possible timeframe as determined by Oldham’s local feasibility study.  This option would ensure the Council was legally compliant with the directive with which it had been served.

Option 2 – do not approve the shortlist from which the preferred option(s) would be selected (if any) to bring forward nitrogen dioxide compliance in the shortest possible timeframe as determined by Oldham’s local feasibility study.  This option risked non-compliance with a legal mandate from government and associated consequences.

RESOLVED that the preferred option(s) be approved, in principle, to bring forward nitrogen dioxide compliance in the shortest possible timeframe.