Through Metropolitan Resolution 341 of 2022, the Valle de Aburrá Metropolitan Area (AMVA) lifted the Level of ‘Prevention’ for air quality, declared since Monday, February 28 because about 80% of the Siata stations recorded an orange air quality index (harmful for sensitive groups).
However, according to the entity, the restrictive measure of the peak and environmental license plate to freight vehicles, added to the rains of recent days, helped improve air quality in the region.
Said resolution indicates that the declaration of Prevention level is lifted as of March 3 for the control of air pollution episodes in the first half of 2022, as well as the measures to restrict the movement of cargo transport vehicles and dump trucks. .
That is there will no longer be a peak and environmental plate for these vehicles.
The AMVA clarified that the air pollution episode, which began on February 14 and will last until April 1 of this year, continues, so it is not ruled out that during that time a level of prevention can be declared again, alert or emergency.
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Regarding the Air Quality Indices (ICA), the stations of the Early Warning System (Siata) that monitor the levels of air pollution, show that the majority present a yellow ICA (moderate) and the rest a green ICA (good). ).
“It is expected that at least eight stations would continue at a moderate ICA and another eight stations could reach a good ICA by the end of the afternoon on March 2 of the currents. This means that none of the population-based PM2.5 monitoring stations have exceeded the national daily air quality standard (37 ug/m³: micrograms cubic meter), during the last two days”, indicated the AMVA.
The resolution of the environmental authority, maintains the recommendations to companies to take Ecocity measures, such as: promoting teleworking and remote work or at home, enabling new temporary bike lanes, implementing logistics corridors to improve transport efficiency. of cargo, Promote the actions of the Sustainable Business Mobility Plan (Plans
MONTH), as well as flexible and staggered schedules.
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