The Integrated Air Quality Plan (PICA) in Bucharest is to be developed by a consortium of four companies, including Cambridge Environmental Research Consultants.
General mayor of the Capital Nicusor Dan announced on Tuesday, in a Facebook post, that the contract for PICA was awarded last week to a consortium of four companies, following the public tender.
"Among them, Cambridge Environmental Research Consultants has conducted an air quality assessment and air quality improvement projects for London, among others, but also for the capital of Ireland, Dublin, as well as throughout the Republic of Ireland. The project signed with the City Halls will take 12 months and involves the study on air quality in Bucharest (the main pollutants) and the Integrated Plan on Air Quality (measure plan)," specifies the general mayor.
On September 24, 2021, the Capital City Hall was announcing a tender for the elaboration of the air quality study and technical assistance with a view to achieving the Integrated Air Quality Plan in Bucharest on the electronic public procurement system - SICAP. The contract had an estimated total value of 1,750,000 RON.
Earlier, the general mayor had stated that Bucharest has environmental arrears and that a study is needed to identify the main polluters, Agerpres.ro informs.
"Unfortunately, Bucharest has arrears that come from the past and that we must address as a matter of priority without neglecting everything that means technology and the city of the future. As regards the strategy for a green city, it has been under public consultation and we are even launching a tender this week for the study that will underpin the Integrated Air Quality Plan. Before developing a measure plan to improve air quality, we need a study to tell us what the main polluters are, where they are, what their respective share in air pollution in Bucharest is," was saying Nicusor Dan at the time.