Regulation is on the way as air pollution nears ‘safe’ levels
Saturday 9th July 2011, 2:29PM BST.
While former Gabriel’s staff report problems, like current Fountain Street business owners, Peppi Petralia has no issues with air quality. (Picture by Nicola Gibbons, 1156810)
AIR pollution in three parts of the island – particularly Fountain Street – is worrying Environmental Health.
Pollutant levels – which have been monitored for some 20 years – do not exceed English standards, but they are on the borderline.
The other hot spots are Bulwer Avenue and the general St Sampson’s area.
Now the director of environmental health and pollution regulation, Val Cameron, said she would be asking the States to introduce strict regulations on air quality.
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Sounds like they need to invent something to justify their existence!
Please don’t give that awful Environment Department any more power to bash us over the head with
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You see, it will be a ‘bash the motorist’ agenda.
A backdoor excuse for raising taxes for the profligate States to spend.
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Wrong department Ray. Environmental Health is part of HSSD – not Environment!
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How do you regulate the air?
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Mr G – Haven’t you ever watched Total Recall?
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Thanks Martino
HSSD eh? Aren’t they the ones who are always millions over budget without asking for more funds for their latest fad?
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Fountain Street is narrow with high buildings, vehicle fumes get trapped, Bulwer Avenue and St. Sampsons are Industrial, what do the Authorities expect? Clean Air.
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I cant recommend Peppi and Bella’s cafe enough, there food is the best italian in town!! Maybe its the fumes from the cars making my head spin when I dine there or maybe its just that good!
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“Val Cameron, said she would be asking the States to introduce strict regulations on air quality.”
Yes and most countries wanted “strict regulation” of thebanking and financial sector justified (their jobs) to avoid meltdowns. Warehouses full of rules later and every financial regulator failed.
G’nsey also has a Utilities regulator. Again like every other regulator it rubber stamps above inflation price rises while strangling the free market with cost-generating rules
The pattern of more regulation worldwide is only connected to the failure of regulation worldwide. State mangling and interference is out of control with no benefits whatsoever only to the crones in offices and continued Empire building in useless Govt.
The free market always has been and always will be the ultimate arbitor and regulator of what does and doesn’t work. State regulation does not work and has never prevented anything (also see the shambles of Fukushima, Japan)
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