DEC conducting new study of air quality near Peace Bridge
Lisa Khoury
For almost as long as there’s been a Peace Bridge, neighbors living near the international span have complained about exhaust fumes and raised questions about effects on their health.
Now, after a 2013 study pronounced Peace Bridge air quality safe, the state Department of Environmental Conservation is testing the area once again. It wants to find out exactly what’s in the emissions of thousands of cars and trucks lined up at U.S. inspection booths every day. The monitoring of the air quality already has begun in the West Side neighborhood, the state announced Thursday. Long lines of summertime traffic have idled as much as 2½ hours in Peace Bridge delays this summer. Meanwhile, some area residents say the problem has been studied enough, and they believe science already shows that the neighborhood air is unsafe.
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