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A region-wide plan setting out a raft of measures to significantly improve air quality and the health of local people was launched by the West Midlands Combined Authority (WMCA) which began with a series of priority measures that will be delivered with £1 million of government air quality funding and include:

  • Installing a network of air quality sensors that will provide real-time, publicly accessible data on pollution levels across the region
  • Education and awareness campaigns in communities, including schools, to improve knowledge and understanding of main sources of pollution and their health impact
  • Development of an alert system when pollution levels are high
  • Research into the potential to positively impact air quality through speed limit reductions on high-speed roads and in urban centres
  • Devising regional targets that exceed current national and international guidelines on levels of PM2.5 and PM10 particulates, and nitrogen dioxide (NO2)