5 Monitoring Sites

MfE Kelly Street, Mt Eden

AKL002

Ex-ESR Site, Kelly Street, Mt Eden, Auckland

Residential - peak

This site is located within the grounds of the former ESR Mt Eden Science Centre off Kelly Street. Historically there has been a lot of local vegetation around the site, which is surrounded by residential properties on three sides and is within 30 metres of the busy Mt Eden Road which runs north to south past the site. It is representative of emissions arising from road vehicles as well as domestic properties in the older inner-city area of Mt Eden which lies to the south of Auckland city centre. About 200 metres to the south-east of the site is the actual Mt Eden, an extinct volcanic cone, which can have a localised impact on meteorological conditions. Due to impending redevelopment of this site, parallel monitoring between this site and a replacement site was undertaken during 2004. All monitoring has now been re-located to the new site at Kowhai Intermediate School in Kingsland which is about 500 metres to the west of the current site.

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MfE Kowhai, Kingsland

AKL073

Kowhai Intermediate School, Sandringham Road, Auckland

Residential - peak

This site is located within the grounds of Kowhai Intermediate School. It is surrounded by residential properties on three sides as well as the school buildings which lie about 100 metres to the east. The busy New North Road is approximately 100 metres to the north of the site whilst Sandringham Road runs north-west to south-east past the site and Eden Park rugby ground which is within 300 metres to the south-east of the site. It is representative of emissions arising from road vehicles as well as domestic properties in the older inner-city area of Kingsland which lies to the south of Auckland city centre. This is a new site, commissioned in 2004, designed to replace the neighbouring Kelly Street site in Mt Eden which is due to be redeveloped. The new Kowhai site lies about 500 metres to the west of the Kelly Street and both sites have the same 'Residential - Peak' classification. During 2004 a period of parallel monitoring between the two sites was undertaken before all monitoring was relocated to the new Kowhai site in October 2004.

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MfE Gavin Street, Penrose

AKL009

Transpower, Gavin Street, Penrose, Auckland

Industrial - dense / traffic - peak

This site is located within the grounds of the Transpower NZ Ltd electrical sub-station on Gavin Street. It is representative of road vehicle and industrial emissions in the Penrose area which lies to the southeast of Auckland city centre and is also approximately 50 metres northeast of the southern motorway. There are residential properties immediately to the northeast of the site. During 2003 parallel monitoring was undertaken between this site and the neighbouring ACI site on the Great South Road in Penrose with a view to consolidating all monitoring at the Gavin Street site early in 2004.

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PM₁₀

TSP

Lead

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MfE Greers Road, Burnside

CAN002

Transpower, Greers Road, Burnside, Christchurch

Residential - neighbourhood

This site is located in a paddock to the rear of the Transpower NZ Limited electrical substation on Greers Road and is surrounded by residential properties on four sides. It is representative of emissions arising from domestic properties in the newer suburban areas of Burnside and Bishopdale which lie to the northwest of Christchurch city centre.

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MfE Coles Place, St Albans

CAN003

Coles Place, St Albans, Christchurch

Residential - neighbourhood

This site is operated by Environment Canterbury and is located on an area of public open space at the end of Coles Place. It is surrounded by residential properties on four sides. It is representative of emissions arising from domestic properties in the older suburban area of St Albans which lies to the north of Christchurch city centre.

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