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Highways England steps in to improve toxic air in Dorset village Highways England is to impose a permanent 30mph speed limit in a village suffering high air pollution after a trial achieved an improvement. Last year Friends of the Earth named Chideock Hill as experiencing the worst air pollution in England, with annual average level of 97.7ug/m3 of Nitrogen Dioxide (NO2) against a legal limit of 40ug/m3. Chideock has been identified as an Air Quality Management Area by Dorset Council. Highways England said that, working closely with the local authority, it initiated a trial speed limit along a section of the A35 at the western end of the village in September 2019. ....
THE 30MPH speed limit along part of the A35 which was introduced as a temporary measure in a bid to reduce traffic pollution is set to be made permanent. The speed limit on Chideock Hill was temporarily changed from 40ph to 30mph for an initial 18-month trial period trial period in September 2019. The 30mph has been in place from Ruins Lane through to Muddyford Lane. The change was implemented by Highways England as part of an initiative to improve air quality on and alongside the road network and has now been made permanent. Chideock Hill was found to have the worst air pollution in the England in a study carried out by Friends of the Earth last year. ....