Campaigners push for filters to be installed on the project’s enormous vents in Melbourne’s inner west as pollution fears grow.
Residents of the inner-west are demanding that pollution filters be installed on the West Gate Tunnel’s enormous vents, which spew toxic truck fumes into the air near homes and sporting fields.
The EPA agreed and approved the works with a requirement that the vents be built to allow for future installation of pollution filters.Modelling for the project has shown that while some inner-west neighbourhoods are predicted to have better air quality, there will be occasional heightened levels of particulate matter – tiny pieces of dust, dirt, smoke or chemicals that can blow into people’s lungs.
“If the EPA approves this without listening to the community, it would be a real failure to consider their voices and the fact that they are already overburdened with a significant amount of air pollution,” Nicholson said. Martin Wurt, the truck action group’s president, said the cost of filters would be minor compared with the project’s budget,But it would be difficult to add later because doing so could require Transurban to shut down the tunnel for installation, he said.
Air pollution filters have been installed on tunnels in Norway, the Netherlands, France, Japan, Austria, Italy, Germany, South Korea and Spain.
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