Madrid´s large clear up is gathering tempo with an additional fall within the capital´s air high quality, based on Madrid´s Mayor, José Luis Martínez-Almeida.
In an announcement made at this time, the mayor stated that “we begin 2024 with nice information that we must always have a good time: Madrid has one other air. Cleaner and more healthy for everybody, in each nook of our metropolis.
Immediately Madrid is an instance for Europe”.
For the second consecutive yr the capital has totally complied with the 2008 European Directive on ambient air high quality and cleaner air for Europe.
Based on the figures launched at this time, nitrogen dioxide (NO2) ranges within the metropolis have been at 36 micrograms per cubic metre (μg/m3) in 2023. The utmost restrict is 40 micrograms per cubic metre.
Almeida stated that for a few years Madrid has been “underneath the magnifying glass” of Europe for violating air high quality parameters. “The earlier measures have been merely ineffective.”
In 2018 and 2022 Spain was fined by the EU for repeated failures to adjust to European rules, with each Madrid and Barcelona beng singled out for significantly poor figures.
Nevertheless, “at this time we will proudly say that we’ve reversed that state of affairs due to our Madrid 360 Environmental Sustainability Technique”, siad the mayor.
Madrid´s Metropolis Council have tackled the capital´s excessive air pollution ranges with a spread of measures together with decreasing site visitors within the centre, creating inexperienced city areas and establishing air pollution controls on autos, buildings and factories.
The Spanish capital was a notable offender of the EU´s Annual Restrict Directive whose most of 40 micrograms per cubic metre was incessantly breached.
In 2017 this restrict was exceeded in 15 of Madrid´s 24 air high quality stations.
In 2020 and 2021, this was right down to only one station in Plaza Elíptica, and in 2022 and 2023 none.
In 2023 the most important falls in nitrogen dioxide ranges was on the Escuela Aguirre station, falling by 22% over the yr whereas falls have been recorded in all the capitals air high quality station with the newly pedestrianised Plaza España and Plaza Carmen falling by 15 and 14% respectively.
Almeida has acknowledged that this result’s attainable due to the implementation of “progressive insurance policies on mobility and setting” of the Madrid 360 Technique, which centered on measures to cut back eliminating polluting sources that the town has. “We’ve got promoted mobility alternate options with help and amenities, all the time sustaining a stability between financial development – we’re the financial locomotive of Spain – and environmental safety,” confused the mayor.
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