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For more information about air quality in New South Wales please refer to the websites listed below.

  • Air quality

    Reducing air pollution means healthier people and a healthier environment. The EPA works with industry on strategies to reduce air pollution and improve air quality, administers Clean Air for NSW and chairs the Interagency Taskforce on Air Quality in NSW.

    NSW Environment Protection Authority — http://www.epa.nsw.gov.au/your-environment/air

  • Current and future air quality

    Air quality index (AQI) and concentration values are updated hourly and a daily air quality forecast is made for the Greater Sydney Metropolitan Region at 4pm each day.

    NSW Department of Planning, Industry and Environment — https://www.dpie.nsw.gov.au/air-quality

  • Advisory Committee on Tunnel Air Quality

    The Advisory Committee on Tunnel Air Quality (ACTAQ) is chaired by the NSW Chief Scientist & Engineer and consists of a range of experts and officers in fields related to road tunnels, air quality and human health.

    NSW Chief Scientist & Engineer — http://www.chiefscientist.nsw.gov.au/reports/advisory-committee-on-tunnel-air-quality

  • Interagency taskforce

    As a key regulator of air pollution, the EPA established the high-level Interagency Taskforce on Air Quality in NSW in 2016 to address significant air quality issues across NSW.

    NSW Environment Protection Authority — http://www.epa.nsw.gov.au/your-environment/air/air-nsw-overview/interagency-taskforce-air-quality

  • Transport for NSW

    Transport for NSW is a NSW Government agency delivering safe and efficient journeys throughout NSW, managing the operations and programs of roads and waterways.

    Transport for NSW — http://www.rms.nsw.gov.au/

  • NSW Planning, Industry and Environment

    The Department of Planning and Environment exists to make people's lives better by making NSW a great place to live and work. They help to provide homes and services, build great communities, create jobs and protect the environment.

    NSW Planning, Industry and Environment — http://www.planning.nsw.gov.au

  • Technical papers

    The Advisory Committee on Tunnel Air Quality technical papers.

    Trends in Motor Vehicles and Their Emissions

    Air Quality Trends in Sydney

    Criteria for In-Tunnel and Ambient Air Quality

Demolition

State-of-the-art pulverisers and shears are jaw-like excavator attachments. They crush and cut away at the walls and floors of buildings during demolition.

We use them because they make significantly less noise than hydraulic hammers.

TBM dive site

Two tunnel boring machines (TBMs) will be launched at the Marrickville dive site. It will be a tunnelling support site and provide the services TBMs need to build the tunnels such as grout, water, power and spoil removal.

  • Noise wall construction
  • Noise wall construction
  • Noise wall construction

Noise walls

Noise walls are built at some sites to reduce the impact of noisy works on the community.

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What is PM10 and PM2.5?

PM2.5 are tiny particles of particle matter, thirty times smaller than a strand of human hair.

Air pollution in Australia is measured by six main contributors; carbon monoxide, nitrogen dioxide, photochemical oxidants, sulphur dioxide, lead and particle pollution or particle matter (PM). PM is generally classified according to the size of the particles.

  • Particles less than 10 micrometres in diameter are called PM10,
  • Particles less than 2.5 micrometres in diameter are PM2.5,
  • Particles less than 1 micrometre in diameter are PM1,
  • Particles less than 0.1 micrometres in diameter are called ultrafine particles (UFPs).

It is important to note that PM10 includes PM2.5, PM1, and UFPs.

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