Calls for clean air action plan for cities

An environmental group has questioned the Scottish Government’s plans to introduce a low-emission zone in just one city.

Clientearth has called for “urgent clarification” on plans as it said three cities are forecast to have pollution outwith legal limits until at least 2020.

The letter welcomes the proposal for a lowemission zone in 2018 in one city but seeks further details on action across the rest of Scotland.

The environmental law organisation said UK government figures project Glasgow will have illegal levels of nitrogen dioxide until 2024, while Aberdeen and Edinburgh will hit the legal limit by 2020.