INTEGAIRE

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INTEGAIRE FINAL CONFERENCE Seville 17-18
February 2005 Presentation by Dave
Tuffery THE PUBLIC CONSULTATION PROCESS IN BRISTOL
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List of Contents

• Before Local Air Quality Management process
• Raising awareness
• AQMA consultation
• Focus groups
• Questionnaires
• Conclusions

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Before the LAQM process

• Monitoring air pollution
• Annual Air Quality Report
• Monitoring Techniques report
• Pollution advice leaflets
• Information to politicians

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Approach since LAQM

• Monitoring of air quality
• Statutory duties of air quality management
• Identify problem pollutants
• Declare Air Quality Management Area
• Produce Air Quality Action Plan

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Raising awareness

• Traffic,air pollution health
• Air Quality Strategy

• Transport Commission
• Public meetings
• Report

• Citywide distribution
• Reply slip for database www.bristol-city.gov.uk/ai
  rquality

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Air Quality Management Area
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Start of consultation

• Views on AQMAs
• Opportunity for feedback on concerns and
  attitudes
• Support for measures
• Reply slip for database

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3 options to choose from

• Option 1 To encourage and educate, incentives
  and alternatives
• Option 2 All of 1 road management measures
  and regulation
• Option 3 1 2 comprehensive emission
  management

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Consultation in focus groups

• Free-ranging 2 hour discussion led by an
  independent moderator based on a topic guide.
• 2 resident groups, 2 business
• environment groups,1 workshop
• Stimulus material
• General viewing Posters, reports
• Group work Laminated cards, score sheet
• Recorded

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Consultation by questionnaire

• LONG LEAFLET database people
• Detailed Information
• 30 questions

• SHORT LEAFLET general public
• Basic Information
• 1 Question

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Conclusion

• The majority of those consulted prefered option 3
• Keep the subject of air quality in the mind of
  the public
• Use different methods of communication
• Questionniares are expensive but useful if widely
  distributed
• Focus groups can get valuable opinions from
  public and business
• Give simple options to the decision makers

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Further information

• INTEGAIRE web site example
• Air Quality Action Plan development - Bristol
• www.bristol-city.gov.uk/airquality
• www.bristol-city.gov.uk/transportplan
• dave_tuffery_at_bristol-city.gov.uk