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AQMAs Declared by Edinburgh City Council

The following AQMAs have been declared by Edinburgh City Council.
These are listed with most recent first.

AQMA Description Date Declared Date Amended Date Revoked Pollutants
Edinburgh AQMA No.1 City Centre Extended to include Angle Park Terrace and Clerk Street/Nicolson Street areas 31/12/2000 26/04/2013
07/09/2015
Nitrogen dioxide NO2
Edinburgh AQMA No.2 St Johns Road An area encompassing St Johns Road Edinburgh from just east of the junction with the B701 to just east of the junction with Kaimes Road. 31/12/2006 09/03/2009
11/03/2024
Nitrogen dioxide NO2
Nitrogen dioxide NO2
Great Junction Street Part of Ferry Road, Edinburgh extending in length to 120 metres, which includes its junction with Great Junction Street, Edinburgh and extending down the length of Great Junction Street 720 metres to its junction with Constitution Street. 09/03/2009 26/04/2013 Nitrogen dioxide NO2
Air Quality Management Area Glasgow Road 2013 The section of the A8 Glasgow Road from Newbridge Roundabout extending east for 915m. 26/04/2013 Nitrogen dioxide NO2
Air Quality Management Area Inverleith Row 2013 The road comprising the junction of Ferry Road and Inverleith Row, that part of Ferry Road extending west from the junction for 76 metres to and including the junction with Inverleith Avenue, the section of Ferry Road extending eastward from the junction for a distance of 112 metres to beyond the junction with Monmouth Terrace and the section of Inverleith Row extending South from that junction to and including its junction with Goldenacre Terrace. 26/04/2013 11/03/2024 Nitrogen dioxide NO2
Salamander Street AQMA A section of the A199 including Salamander Street, Baltic Street, Bernard Street, and part of Seafield Road; an area to the north east as far as the East Sands of Leith and south of Baltic Street, extending to Queen Charlotte Street and Links Place 20/01/2017 Particulate Matter PM10

Cells in the above table are empty where information has previously not been recorded.

Air Quality Action Plans

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