The Freeport of Riga will purchase and install two new air quality monitoring stations, one of which will be placed at the newly built multifunctional terminal in the north-western part of Krievu Island and the other close to the residential area around Lielupes Street in the Bolderaja District. The stations will start working by October.
The monitoring station equipment will be able to distinguish a PM10 fraction of dust from other dust particles and measure the concentration of that fraction in the air using at least two measurements methods at the same time, while also complying will all the European Commission requirements and standards. The stations will work in an online mode with continuous measurement data transfer. In addition, if necessary, the monitoring stations can be moved to another location.
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In addition a 23-metre high wind wall will be built on Krievu Island, aiming to reduce the amount of coal dust escaping to the environment by wind, Andris Ameriks, Chairman of the Board of the Freeport of Riga, informed.
To free the centre of Riga from coal cargo and transfer the handling of coal to the new terminals on Krievu Island, in 2012 the Freeport of Riga Authority startedthe project ‘Development of infrastructure on Krievu Island for the transfer of port activities from the city centre’. On 31 December 2015, the construction of the principal infrastructure of the Krievu Island Terminal was completed, which included 4 deep-water piers with the combined length of 1,180 metres, the necessary access road and utility infrastructure.
Moreover, stevedoring companies are building administrative and process buildings and installing special-purpose equipment for coal handling, crushing, transportation and loading onto ships.
The second phase of the Krievu Island Terminal development project is now close to its end.
