Green wall at Edgware Road Tube station to deliver cleaner air

A 200 square metre ‘green wall’ has been installed at Edgware Road Tube station in London to trap pollution on one of London’s busiest roads.

The wall features a total of 15 plant varieties crafted into a multi-coloured and patterned design. Studies across Europe and the USA have shown the potential of vegetation, including trees and plants, to trap PM10, a pollutant that comes mostly from traffic emissions. The air quality benefits of this wall will be monitored by scientists from Imperial College London.

The initiatives are part of the London Clean Air Fund financed by the Department for Transport (DfT) at the Mayor, Boris Johnson’s request. The Clean Air Fund measures have been designed to reduce levels of PM10 by between 10 and 20 per cent where applied.

The Mayor of London, Boris Johnson, said: “Delivering cleaner air for London is a top priority for me and this ingenious green wall traps harmful pollution on one of our busiest roads, helping to cleanse the air at this popular spot as well as helping to soften and beautify the local environment.”

Other measures introduced by the Mayor, Boris Johnson, to deliver cleaner air in London include an unprecedented programme of green infrastructure designed to trap pollution – other features recently installed include 50 planted towers on Lower Thames Street.

Furthermore, the location of the first of 500 new street trees and shrubs has been confirmed with 200 Lime trees currently being planted along the A40. More tree planting is being planned on Park Lane, Upper Thames Street, Western Avenue (A40), Old Kent Road (A2), Brixton Road (A23), Woolwich Flyover (Rear of Tunnel Ave), A4 (between Boston Manor Rd and Ealing Rd), A4 (close to Heston Rd).

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