It will measure levels of air pollution
An air quality monitoring station is to be installed alongside one of Blackpool’s busiest roads to measure levels of air pollution.
Blackpool Council planners have given permission for the site after an application was made by testing company Bureau Veritas, which is carrying out a nationwide expansion of monitoring sites on behalf of the Environment Agency and DEFRA. The Whitegate Drive monitoring station will form part of the UK-wide Automatic Urban and Rural Network which consists of more than 170 sites across the UK.It will be used to detect fine particles including PM2.
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