Maidstone Joint Transportation

Board

14 October 2020

 

Upper Stone Street Air Quality Update

 

Final Decision-Maker

Maidstone Joint Transportation Board

Lead Head of Service

William Cornall, Director of Regeneration and Place (Maidstone Borough Council)

Lead Officer and Report Author

William Cornall, Director of Regeneration and Place (Maidstone Borough Council)

Classification

Public

 

Wards affected

High street

 

Executive Summary

 

Report on the Upper Stone Street Air Quality Update will be considered by the Strategic Planning and Infrastructure Committee on 7 October 2020 and may result in recommendations to the Maidstone Joint Transportation Board.

 

Purpose of Report

 

Decision

 

 

 

The recommendations (if any) of the Strategic Planning and Infrastructure Committee be reported orally to the Joint Transportation Board.  

 

 

 

Timetable

Meeting

Date

Maidstone Joint Transportation Board

14 October 2020



Upper Stone Street Air Quality Update

 

 

1.   INTRODUCTION AND BACKGROUND

 

1.1     Maidstone Borough Council’s (MBC) Strategic Planning & Infrastructure (SPI) Committee in July 2019 considered a feasibility study into the creation of a Low Emission Zone in Upper Stone Street. That report provided three different strategies that could be pursued to bring about air quality improvements. The Strategic Planning and Infrastructure Committee decided to pursue a Red Route in the locality, and a subsequent report entitled ‘Upper Stone Street Air Quality Update’ (to be presented during the 7 Oct 2020 Strategic Planning and Infrastructure Committee meeting) is shown within Appendix 1 as an update in respect of achieving this ambition.

 

1.2     The Upper Stone Street Air Quality Update report makes four recommendations to the Strategic Planning and Infrastructure Committee. If these are approved, these will be referred to the Maidstone Joint Transportation Board (MJTB) to oversee delivery through the Highway Authority, Kent County Council.

 

1.3     During the 14 October 2020 meeting of the Board, the decisions taken by the Strategic Planning and Infrastructure Committee Meeting (7 October 2020) will be circulated to Board Members.

 

 

2.   REPORT APPENDICES

 

·         Appendix 1: Upper Stone Street Air Quality Update

·         Appendix 2: MBC – Green Infrastructure Mitigation – Phase 1 Feasibility Study

 

 

3.   BACKGROUND PAPERS

 

·         Report to the Strategic Planning and Infrastructure Committee, 9 July 2020 : Outcome of Low Emission Zone Feasibility Study in Upper Stone Street.