by Simon Briscoe | Jan 3, 2018 | Sustainability
Two major transport themes in the Forum’s work in 2018 will be buses and parking. A core on these issues is pollution: Highgate High Street, Highgate Hill and Archway Road have above legal levels of air pollution. This blog sets out the background and summarises...
by Simon Briscoe | Jul 21, 2017 | Sustainability
The Highgate community crowd-funded a second air quality survey and this blog presents the results. The main conclusions: 1. Highgate’s main thoroughfares still have illegal levels of (NO2) air pollution. 2. Overall air quality has not changed in the last year – where...
by Simon Briscoe | Mar 7, 2017 | Sustainability
Thanks to the generosity of Highgate residents we were able to collect enough money to have a second round of air quality testing. We have spent the last few days putting up sensors. We will have the results in about six weeks. The results of last year’s...
by Simon Briscoe | Nov 9, 2016 | Sustainability
Highgate’s main roads have illegal and health-damaging levels of air pollution according to the first set of results from the community’s survey. The readings are summarised in the map which allocates each result to one of five categories: purple pins show the...
by Martin Narraway | Jul 18, 2016 | Sustainability
Following receipt of planning approval Power Up North London (PUNL) are finalising details of a 19KWp solar panel installation for St Anne’s Church in Highgate West Hill. PUNL is a community energy company formed in 2014 by three local Transition Town groups, to...
by Simon Briscoe | Jun 6, 2016 | Sustainability
Highgate’s air is polluted but the community can be hopeful that plans will be in place to make it cleaner, was the message that attendees took away from the speakers at the Forum’s AGM on Wednesday. The Forum will also be repeating some of the readings...
