Poor UK Air quality is an issue that has plagued our District for a long time and one which the Focus team have campaigned hard on. You might remember our own air quality measurements that ran during 2017-2018 which found there were dangerously high levels of pollution in areas of […]
We’ve previously written about air pollution in our district. Recently the British Lung Foundation released information on how there are illegal levels of PM2.5 at two of our doctor’s surgeries in Rayleigh. The Council has been painfully slow to act and only seem interested in fulfilling their statutory duties. We […]
The Conservatives failure to act on air pollution is coming back to bite us all and now it proposing what could be considered as a number of vain attempts to cut air pollution on the Basildon stretch of the A127. The proposal of a congestion charge and speed reduction will […]
Rochford District Council along with another 37 local authorities in England & Wales, have come under fire once again from environmental experts and lawyers at Client Earth, over its failure to act over illegal levels on air pollution in our district. The environmental law organisation, which won three legal cases […]
Two applications have been submitted for EV charging points in Rayleigh. Location 1 is the Market car park nr the existing Council Offices and location 2 is just outside ‘Feathering your nest’ in the High St. Location 1 seems to be okay however Essex County County have objected the location […]
onlineFOCUS has today learnt, that Rayleigh will also be getting public electric vehicle charging points, as well as Hockley and Rochford. This news follows our earlier report this week on electric vehicle charging points for taxis being installed in Rayleigh. The installations in Rayleigh will be in the High St […]
Rochford District Council has announced that Rayleigh is to get electric vehicle (EV) charging point after a successful funding bid. Of course, we welcome the news of an initiative that could help reduce the illegal levels of air pollution in Rayleighs High St but can’t help thinking that perhaps a […]
A hidden public health emergency Around a decade ago, the Labour Government, worried about global warming, encouraged the switch from petrol to diesel. We now know that this led to a dangerous rise in the emission of nitrogen dioxide (NO2), particulates, and ozone (O3). In the UK, these three together […]
The Lib Dems would like to hear from residents if they’ve considered buying an electric vehicle only to be deterred by the non existence of electric vehicle charging points in the Rochford District? Electric Vehicle (EV) Charging Points in the Rochford DIstrict = ZERO (0) The pro’s and con’s of […]
Residents may have noticed the lack of congestion on our local roads over the last month or so. Without a doubt ‘the school run’ contributes significantly to the level of traffic on our roads which in turn has a devastating effect on the levels of air pollution in the District. […]
We’ve been campaigning for our council to take serious action on air pollution across our district. Particularly, Rayleigh, where we see EU legal limits breached. Cllr John Mason from the Rochford Districts Residents recently was interviewed on BBC Radio Essex. If this is something you share the concern about, have a […]
As regular readers of onlineFOCUS will know – the Lib Dems are passionate about protecting our residents health and air pollution is a huge contributor to poor health in our country. ITV has published a series of videos and in this video they discuss whether you are exposed to more […]
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