Levels of pollution in Bungay have been highlighted in a visit from Green Party co-leader Adrian Ramsay.
Mr Ramsay spent Tuesday in Bungay with Green Party candidates for East Suffolk Council's May 4 elections, Toby Hammond and Anthony Speca.
The three of them carried out air quality spot tests in the centre of the town after residents said they were worried about pollution from large lorries rumbling through streets.
Mr Adrian Ramsay said: “The right to breathe clean air should be a basic human right.
"Today I have heard from Bungay residents who are worried about air quality, and especially about the pollution from large lorries cutting through the town and ignoring restrictions.
"It is simply not acceptable that our towns’ high streets should pose such a health risk, especially to our children.”
Mr Speca said: "One of the issues we’ve been highlighting is the problem of air pollution in Bungay.
"It’s connected with the heavy traffic in our town, including HGV traffic.
"Today we’ve been trying out an air quality monitor in St Mary’s Street and Lower Olland Street, after residents there complained about pollution.”
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Mr Ramsay is the Green Party’s Parliamentary candidate for the new Waveney Valley constituency.
The new constituency borders divided opinion at a town council meeting in Bungay in November of last year.
The new Waveney Valley constituency includes Diss and Harleston in Norfolk and Eye, Bungay and Halesworth in Suffolk.
The new Waveney Valley seat encompasses parts of Richard Bacon's South Norfolk seat, Peter Aldous' Waveney seat, Therese Coffey's Suffolk Coastal seat and Dan Poulter's Central Suffolk and North Ipswich seat.
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Natalie Carlile is standing as an independent for the Bungay and Wainford ward in May's East Suffolk Council election.
Judy Cloke and Mark Bee are standing as Conservative candidates.
Tim Mobbs and Chris Sadler are the Labour Party candidates.
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