Assessment of the Health Impacts of Particulates from the Redevelopment of Kings Cross |
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Authors: | Ralph Haynes Anna Savage |
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Institution: | (1) Environmental Health, London Borough of Camden, Town Hall, Argyle Street, London, WC1H 8EQ, UK;(2) Transport for London, Congestion Charging, 42-50 Windsor House, London, SW1H OTL, UK;(3) Present address: Environmental Services, London Borough of Barnet, North London Business Park, Oakleigh Road South, London, N11 1NP, UK |
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Abstract: | The Kings Cross/St. Pancras area has been a rail transport hub from Central London to the Midlands and North Eastern England
since the middle of the nineteenth century and dust from the Kings Cross railway lands was even described by Charles Dickens.1 The Channel Tunnel high speed Rail Link (CTRL) is being constructed between 2001 and 2007 to connect continental Europe to
Central London. The CTRL and associated development will help regenerate an area that is surrounded by deprived high density
housing estates. London Borough of Camden has set up an extensive particulate monitoring programme to determine if there are
any health impacts on local residents from emissions from the demolition and construction work. This article assesses the
results from particulate measurements in 2003–2004 and compares this to baseline conditions before the redevelopment work
began. The evidence suggests that although 2003 had higher than average pollution levels in the UK as a whole, even higher
levels of particulates in the size range PM10–PM2.5 (defined as PMcoarse) were measured in Kings Cross. Due to the size of these particulates, they tend to be released from construction works rather
than transport or secondary particulate sources. Concentrations in 2004 were lower than 2003, but this was primarily due to
meteorological conditions. The paper also looks at the health of the local population and discusses whether these elevated
levels are creating a problem and legally constitute a statutory nuisance. The Council continues to work with the contractors
to try and ensure best practical means to minimise dust emissions and their effect on local residents.
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Keywords: | Channel Tunnel Rail Link (CTRL) Construction PMcoarse PM10 PM2 5 |
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