Paper petition details

Petition to Barnet Council: Air Quality

We the undersigned petition the council to deliver continued actions to improve air quality including: (i) to relieve traffic congestion around schools and educate at and around schools against engine idling; (ii) for parking wardens to advise those they see engine idling not to do so unnecessarily; (iii) much more stretching targets for responding to smoke pollution incidents; (iv) monitoring to ensure those who try to call Environmental Health can get through easily; (v) modestly priced collections of excess green garden/allotment waste, to discourage burning.

Paper petition submitted in hard copy to the Governance Service. Petition text reads:

'We, the undersigned residents of the London Borough of Barnet, call on the Council to deliver continued actions to improve air quality including:

(i) to relieve traffic congestion around schools and educate at and around schools against engine idling;

(ii) for parking wardens to advise those they see engine idling not to do so unnecessarily;

(iii) much more stretching targets for responding to smoke pollution incidents;

(iv) monitoring to ensure those who try to call Environmental Health can get through easily;

(v) modestly priced collections of excess green garden/allotment waste, to discourage burning.'

43 people have signed the petition, and it will be - in line with the constitution and the petitioner's request - reported to the meeting of the Finchley and Golders Green Residents' Forum on 05/07/2017.

On reaching 25 signatures

This Paper petition ran from 24/04/2017 to 05/05/2017 and has now finished.

43 people signed this Paper petition.