Integrated HIA/EIA of the M1 Widening Scheme in South Yorkshire Natalie Pugh HIA Coordinator Rotherham PCT

Innovation – permanent 4 lanes (P4L)

Gantries for active traffic management

Risks to the Scheme Safety Case Air Quality Local Authority Objections Public Enquiry (2008)

EIA of Road Widening Statutory requirement 3 Staged Process Health is not a statutory consultee

The Steering Group First met June 2005 (Sheffield and Rotherham) Combination of PCT, LA, HPA, Community groups Rotherham, Sheffield, Barnsley & Doncaster (South Yorkshire)

Integration Aim of the HIA process is to –Support healthy decision making –Build partnerships –Provide solutions/ mitigation measures –Enhance where possible Department for Transport formal agreement to integrate. Full integration?

Parallel Integration Pros Seen as independent by the public Local involvement (ownership of the process) Keep the process local Cons Funding Influence Dependent on some EIA timescales

Health Concerns The literature identifies the following areas to be health impacts linked with transport: –Air quality –Noise –Physical Activity –Climate Change –Psychosocial Main concerns for SY: –Air Quality –Blight on communities Pan- European Program sd/partnerships/public/part nerships/204.html

Future of the HIA Make a model for health impacts –Using profiling data and evidence based literature –Clean Air for Europe (CAFÉ) Policy Appraisal –Local, regional and national Community Involvement Recommendations

Learning by Doing Earlier inclusion into the process Working with an iterative process Real world of HIA