Pickering Council Adopts Anti-idling By-law Pickering Council, at their February 16 meeting, unanimously adopted a City-wide anti-idling by-law prohibiting most vehicles in the City of Pickering from idling their engines for longer than 5 minutes. "This initiative of Pickering Council sends an important message that simple individual actions can improve local air quality", said Mayor Dave Ryan. In 2002, the City of Pickering became an active member of the Greater Toronto Area Clean Air Council (GTA-CAC), an inter-governmental working group made up of federal, provincial, regional and city/town representatives exploring joint opportunities and sharing best practices to reduce air pollution, smog and related health risks in the GTA. The City continues to support the actions and activities of that Council. "The City will continue to explore ways to educate residents and business owners of ways to reduce air pollution in order to encourage cleaner air for all of our citizens and future generations", said Mayor Dave Ryan. A program to promote and educate residents and businesses about this by-law is being developed by the City. Visit the Air Quality page within the Services section of the City's website (cityofpickering.com) to link to GTA Clean Air Council information, as well as information respecting the 2003 GTA Idle-Free Campaign and Smog Summit proceedings. To obtain a copy of the anti-idling by-law, please contact the City's Clerks Division at 905.420.4611 or open the following link:
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