Air quality is assessed; sponsored by Environment Agency.LOCAL Air Quality Management was introduced in the UK in 1997. This meant that authorities became responsible for reviewing and assessing air quality within their boundaries. If a local authority finds an area where nitrogen oxide Noun 1. nitrogen oxide - any of several oxides of nitrogen formed by the action of nitric acid on oxidizable materials; present in car exhausts pollutant - waste matter that contaminates the water or air or soil pollutant levels exceed an annual threshold it must, by law, declare the area as an Air Quality Management Area (AQMA). Generally these areas are sites of major commuter routes. Currently Tyne and Wear Tyne and Wear, former metropolitan county, NE England. Created in the 1974 local government reorganization, the county embraced the Newcastle upon Tyne conurbation and comprised five metropolitan districts: Newcastle upon Tyne, North Tyneside, South Tyneside, has 6 AQMAs and 14 potential future AQMAs. Current AQMAs are: Gateshead Town Centre and Dryden Road/Durham Road Junction Portobello Terrace/Penshaw View, Birtley Newcastle City Centre Gosforth Boldon Lane Lindisfarne Roundabout/Leam Lane, South Tyneside South Tyneside is a metropolitan borough in Tyne and Wear in North East England. It is bordered by four other boroughs - Newcastle upon Tyne and Gateshead to the west, Sunderland in the south, and North Tyneside to the north. Potential ones are: Church Road, Newcasle Haddricks Mill, Newcastle Chillingham Road, Newcastle Shields Road, Newcastle West Road, Newcastle Billy Mill Roundabout, North Tyneside Norham Road, North Tyneside Wallsend High Street Hylton Road/Trimdon Road, Sunderland Vaux Brewery site, Sunderland Chester Road/Kayll Road, Sunderland Mary Street, Sunderland |
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