CleanRun

Perth Air Quality Management Plan (AQMP)

The Perth AQMP was developed to ensure that clean air is achieved and maintained throughout the Perth metropolitan region over the next 30 years. The actions within the AQMP seek to achieve this by:

• Reducing the emission of those air pollutants that are causing occasional episodes of unacceptable air quality now; and
• Preventing the development of future air quality problems.

The overall objective of the AQMP is to achieve the vision originally outlined by the Parliamentary Select Committee on Perth's Air Quality in its 1998 report:
"Perth's air quality should be a reflection of the city itself. Clean air that is safe to breathe means that the city has an effective and efficient public transport system that is fully integrated with its urban design; where an imaginative blend of urban residential densities has created a community that uses the fullest range of transport methods and is therefore not car-dependent; and where industry provides employment and economic wealth without detracting from the city's attractive natural and social environments"
The Implementation Strategy for the Perth AQMP identifies the reduction of vehicle emissions as a key initiative and states that the "effective control of this source is critical to the success of the Perth AQMP". CleanRun touches on a number of the programs detailed in the AQMP, with specific reference to four programs:

• Review existing education and behavior change programs and establish a strategy and framework for developing and implementing supporting programs in future (Initiative 1; Program 1);
• Evaluation of emissions testing options for introduction to Perth and implementation of the committed outcomes to reduce in-service emissions from motor vehicles (Initiative 2; Program 3);
• On-road enforcement of controls on excessive vehicle emissions (Initiative 2; Program 4); and
• Review of emissions testing training and equipment and technology (Initiative 2; Program 6).

The Perth AQMP, developed as a whole-of-Government strategy with bipartisan support, makes a commitment to implement the outcomes of an emissions testing trial program as appropriate to the Perth context.