UNDERSTANDING AIR QUALITY EFFECTS ASSOCIATED WITH STATE HIGHWAY PROJECTS AND ROAD TUNNELS
NIWA, Auckland 14 April 2010
Carl Reller and Rob HannabyHighways and Network OperationsProfessional Services
AGENDA
09:00 - 09:15 Registration
09:15 - 09:30 Welcome and Introduction Carl Reller / Rob Hannaby NZTA
09:30 - 10:30Introduction to the Draft NZTA Standard for Producing Air
Quality Assessments for State Highway ProjectsKevin Rolfe
Kevin Rolfe &
Associates
10:30 - 10:50 Coffee
10:50 - 11:10 Project Experiences - Part 1 Jeff Bluett NIWA
11:10 - 11:30 Project Experiences - Part 2 Camilla Borger Beca
11:30 - 12:00 Discussion and Feedback on Draft NZTA StandardKevin Rolfe / Rob
Hannaby
Kevin Rolfe &
Associates / NZTA
12:00 - 12:30 Lunch
12:30 - 13:20Introduction to Air Quality in and Around State Highway Road
TunnelsGerda Kuschel
Emission
Impossible
13:20 - 13:40 Tunnel Ventilation System Design and Air Quality Andrew PurchaseParsons
Brinckerhoff
13:40 - 14:00 Operational and Maintenance Implications Rudolph Kotze Opus
14:00 - 14:10 Coffee
14:10 - 14:30 Tunnel Experiences - Part 1 Ian Longley NIWA
14:30 - 14:50 Tunnel Experiences - Part 2 Mathew Noonan Beca
14:50 - 15:00 NZTA In-Tunnel Air Quality Work Programme Rob Hannaby NZTA
NZTA STRUCTURE
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NZ TRANSPORT AGENCY ANDAIR QUALITY MANAGEMENT
o Land Transport Management Act (LTMA) 2003
� ‘contribute to an affordable, integrated, safe, responsive, and sustainable land transport system’
o Resource Management Act (RMA) 1991
� ‘seeks to promote sustainable management of natural and physical resources including air ……requires avoiding, remedying or mitigating any adverse effects of activities on the environment’
NZ TRANSPORT AGENCY ANDAIR QUALITY MANAGEMENT
NZTA Statement of Intent
Government Policy Statement
NZTA [Transit] Environmental Plan
PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT
o Early, transparent, open, ongoing and not a means to an end
o Case Study:
1990s
� unfashionable working class suburb
� city’s highest crime rate
� 50% annual student turnover
2004� Southern link Notice of Requirement
� Perfect storm for community mobilization
� Nelson Intermediate School v Transit NZ & NCC (C035/04)
2010� Victory named inaugural NZ Community of the Year
� “…plays a vital role in enhancing the social, economic, cultural and environmental prosperity of their region”
ASSESSING AIR QUALITY EFFECTS ASSOCIATED WITH STATE HIGHWAY PROJECTS
NZTA STANDARD FOR PRODUCING AIR QUALITY ASSESSMENTS FOR STATE HIGHWAY PROJECTS
o Aims to:
� Integrate MfE Good Practice Guide with NZTA (HNO) business practices
o Targets:
� NZTA Projects Managers and Consultants
NZTA STANDARD FOR PRODUCING AIR QUALITY ASSESSMENTS FOR STATE HIGHWAY PROJECTS
o Seeks to ensure assessments are:
� Fit-for-purpose
� Robust and quality assured
� Nationally consistent
o Focuses on:
� State highways projects (new and improved infrastructure in NLTP)
AIM
o Introduce the latest draft of the Standard
o Share assessment experiences
o Seek feedback and inform final version
NEXT STEPS
o Revise draft
o Obtain business approval to adopt Standard
o Apply Standard to relevant projects
� Project support
� Application review
� Feedback and refinement
AIR QUALITY IN AND AROUND STATE HIGHWAY TUNNELS
AIR QUALITY IN AND AROUND STATE HIGHWAY TUNNELS
o Aim:
� Provide background to issue
� Introduce stock-take report
� Share assessment experiences
� Discuss design, operation and maintenance issues
� Outline current and future work
BACKGROUND
o Improve understanding of issue with regard to:
� Asset management
� Design of new tunnels
� Managing community concerns
BACKGROUND
o NIWA work programme 2007 – 10
� In-tunnel air quality guidelines
� Stock-take
� Wellington tunnels air quality monitoring
NZTA INTERIM IN-TUNNEL AIR QUALITY GUIDELINES
o Interim guidelines adopted by HNO Value Assurance Committee in Sep 09
o Design guidelines for:
� Carbon monoxide and nitrogen dioxide
o Compliance monitoring guidelines for:
� Carbon monoxide and visibility
THANK YOU
Carl RellerEnvironmental Manager
Rob HannabySenior Environmental Specialist
NZTAHighways and Network Operations
Professional Services
[email protected]@nzta.govt.nz
AIR QUALITY IN AND AROUND STATE HIGHWAY TUNNELS
Current and Future Work Programme – 14 April 2010
CURRENT WORK
o Monitoring campaign at SH1 Johnstone’s Hill Tunnel, Puhoi, Auckland Easter to June 2010
o Analysis of design cost implications of NZTA interim guidelines
FUTURE WORK (TBC)
o Undertake monitoring at:
� Lyttleton Tunnel, Christchurch
� Homer Tunnel, Milford Sound
o Develop NZTA Tunnels and Air Quality Guidance / Standards
� Assessment
� Monitoring
� Management
