"On average we think pollution is probably taking away about six months of life for the average British citizen"

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Permalink Reply by Karen Alexander on June 22, 2016 at 11:57

Thanks for this Paul. So I would imagine that for those of us living on roads like Wightman that were carrying 120,000 vehicles a week prior to closure of the road to replace the bridge the effects are even more detrimental. In my view it is a dereliction of duty on the part of the council to have this information and do nothing to protect us.

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Permalink Reply by ChrisTofer on June 22, 2016 at 13:26

Probably double that if you're unfortunate like me to live on Green Lanes these days...

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Permalink Reply by Sarah on June 24, 2016 at 6:53

But at least now we won't have to pay fines to the EU for our high pollution any more. And if we die earlier that's probably for the best anyway because our pensions just evaporated.

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Permalink Reply by Michael Anderson on June 24, 2016 at 7:11

Wonder what the EU actually did with the we paid in fines? Not to mention the hundreds of millions from other countries breaching pollution limits. Interesting article about how the money could have been used.
http://www.cyclinguk.org/news/20151203-cant-fund-cycling-paying-pol...

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Permalink Reply by Sarah on June 24, 2016 at 7:18

I'm not sure we ever actually paid anything.

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Permalink Reply by Michael Anderson on June 24, 2016 at 9:10

So there was no point in the threats to do so?

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Permalink Reply by John D on June 24, 2016 at 7:06

Look on the bright side - those final six months were likely to be the least enjoyable of your life :-)

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