{"id":520340,"date":"2026-04-08T22:18:08","date_gmt":"2026-04-08T22:18:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/520340\/"},"modified":"2026-04-08T22:18:08","modified_gmt":"2026-04-08T22:18:08","slug":"traffic-restrictions-on-a4174-hambrook-lifted-as-pollution-drops","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/520340\/","title":{"rendered":"Traffic restrictions on A4174 Hambrook lifted as pollution drops"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">The latest air quality assessment of the 2024 monitoring data shows roadside levels in the area now meet the national standards.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">This represents the second year of compliance following success achieved in 2023, enabling the government to formally revoke the order in place.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Councillor Sean Rhodes said he was &#8220;delighted&#8221; at the news.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">&#8220;We know how significant this junction is for road users, residents and local communities, and we have listened carefully to the concerns raised about the measures,&#8221; he said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">&#8220;I recognise they have caused inconvenience and we have worked hard behind the scenes to secure clear direction from the government on this matter. <\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">&#8220;We can remove the measures while continuing to closely monitor air quality so we can strike the right balance between traffic flow and environmental considerations.&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The latest air quality assessment of the 2024 monitoring data shows roadside levels in the area now meet&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":520341,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[22],"tags":[1397,90,56,54,55],"class_list":{"0":"post-520340","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-environment","8":"tag-environment","9":"tag-science","10":"tag-uk","11":"tag-united-kingdom","12":"tag-unitedkingdom"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/520340","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=520340"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/520340\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/520341"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=520340"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=520340"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=520340"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}