Issue - meetings

The Board received a presentation on the Air Aware Staffordshire Project which was in Phase 2.

The Project consisted of five elements which included: Business Engagement; School Engagement; Electric Vehicles; Communications and Air Quality Monitoring Stations.

The Board were informed of recent work and outputs from the Business Engagement (Firebreaks affect progression) which took place in Cannock, Burton and Leek. Outputs included 3 business travel networks launched with 32 attendees, 22 business engagements, 4 proposals presented and awaiting feedback, 1 MODESHIFT accreditation and 5 events.

The Board were also informed of the ongoing work around the Electric Vehicle SCC Strategy and School Engagement which had seen active engagement with 15 schools across the County.

The project would be moving forward in March with an Anti-Idling Campaign which would run from March 14^th to March 27^th 2022 and would target 100 locations, website traffic and social media engagement.

Comments from the Board included whether air pollution checks have been made in those areas where activities have taken place. Diffusion tube monitoring takes place over a 12-month period and live tests can take place to enable instant reporting.

Members of the Board further commented around the expansion of the engagement to other schools.

RESOLVED – That the update be noted.