Attainment of EU NO2 standards in the Netherlands

Publication

The yearly mean EU-NO2 limit value will, according to the EC scenario of the CPB, still be exceeded in 2010 under average meteorological conditions. Exceedance will mainly take place along motorways in urban areas.

To meet the limit values a few bilions of Euros will possibly have to be spent for local measures (tearing down houses, tunnels, plates). Even by executing the National Environmental Action plan 4 en the BOR traffic policy the limit value will still be exceeded in 2010. The number of exceedances at houses does decrease drastically (factor 15). To meet the limit values cost for possible local measures reduce then from a few billions to a few million euros. Just by carrying out European wide maximum emmission reduction and traffic policy, after implementing NMP4 in 2010, the limit values by houses will be met in 2015 for average meteorological conditions.

Authors

Folkert RJM , Eerens HC , Odijk M , Breugel PB van , Bree L van

Specifications

Publication title
Attainment of EU NO2 standards in the Netherlands
Publication date
2 December 2002
Publication type
Publication
Publication language
English
Product number
90935