"Children are especially vulnerable (to air pollution) because they are growing rapidly. It seems clear that pollution particularly affects the development of organs. Whether it is the brain or the lungs" Professor Chris Griffiths, Centre for Primary Care and Public Health. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/av/science-environment-46876997/clean-air-do-low-emission-schemes-improve-children-s-lungs

Editorial published in The Medical Journal (December 2018) evidenced that primary aged children exposed to vehicle emissions are slower in their development. It also stated that older people are at a 40% higher risk of dementia caused by vehicle emissions. Indisputable facts. The editorial called for bold action by Government and Local Authorities.

Simon Ballard, CDC Senior Environmental Protection Officer has attributed 4.1% of Chichester's deaths are due to PM2.5, just one pollutant of the many pollutants from vehicle emissions. CDC Environmental Officers have had an automatic air quality device recently installed in Westhampnett Road and the funding to get data has been approved. Potentially two new AQMAs will be put in place and not before time, when you consult Sussex-air's map of pollution in and around Chichester.

Chichester already has 3 AQMAs, the most of any area in West Sussex. To add to this is alarming data is the un arguable fact that the majority of our children and grandchildren's schools are situated close to these AQMAs and, on the walking routes, resulting in them breathing these pollutants. The extensive use of sat nav is causing traffic to find routes avoiding the gridlock on the A27, resulting in the ever-increasing risk to pollution in the City and surrounding area.

As discussed in my response to Transport and Infrastructure Peter Brett's Traffic proposal only increases air pollution and congestion throughout the City, Manhood and East - West Corridor.

However, note the facts that Kingsham Primary School and Chichester High School (senior) are on the A27 north side between the Stokbridge and Whyke Junctions, The Free School (primary and senior) is close to the Whyke junction on the south side of the A27. The Central C of E Junior School is within the Orchard Street AQMA. Bishop Luffa School (senior) and Parklands Primary School are close to the proposed Via Ravenna/Sherborne Road junction. CDC need to take bold action within this plan to decrease not increase air pollution for the health and wellbeing of Chichester's future generations.

Policy DM 24 is just going through the motions and not actually relating it to the local area's major issue, the 48% of through traffic on the A27. This Policy needs to address the longterm solution as well as the effects during construction. This 5 point Policy with 4 supporting points 7.144- 7.147 lacks substance and is not robust in its plan to address Chichester's fatal Air Quality conditions. It requires rewriting addressing all factors of this serious problem.