The cleanest intersections in Lviv have been identified

During the second quarter of this year, employees of the chemical laboratory of the Municipal Enterprise “Administrative and Technical Department” monitored the state of atmospheric air at 37 intersections of the Lviv community.

The measurements were carried out to determine air pollution by emissions from motor vehicles, namely carbon monoxide, nitrogen oxide, nitrogen dioxide, and sulphur dioxide.

As a result of the measurements, 14 intersections out of 37 surveyed did not exceed any of the indicators.

Here is a list of the cleanest intersections with no exceedances of air pollution indicators:

• Rudno – Ogienka Street – V. Velykyi Street – Sheptytskoho Street (near the pedestrian crossing on Ogienka Street);
• intersection at the entrance to the town of Vynnyky – Halytska Street – Doroga Kiltseva Street (at the entrance to the town of Vynnyky);
• the intersection at the entrance to the village of Lysynychi – Hlynianskyi Trakt – T. Shevchenko Street;
• intersection of Ryasne-Ruske village – Pidryasne village (from the side of the Ring Road);
• intersection of Bryukhovychi village – Lvivska street – Vesniana street (near the pedestrian crossing on Lvivska street);
• intersection of Velyki Hrybovychi village – Dublianska street – Dachna street (near the pedestrian crossing on Dublianska street);
• intersection of Shpytalna Street – Danylyshyna Street (near the pedestrian crossing from the side of the building No. 7 on Danylyshyna Street);

And the highest rates of pollution by vehicle emissions were recorded at the following intersections:

• intersection of Chervona Kalynya Ave;
• intersection of Horodotska Street – Zbyralna Street (opposite the bus station on Horodotska Street);
• intersection of Sakharova Street – Stryiska Street (near the pedestrian crossing, from the entrance to Stryiskyi Park);
• intersection of Lypynskoho Street – B. Khmelnytskoho Street (opposite the bus station on B. Khmelnytskoho Street, building No. 225);
• intersection of Mazepa Street – Mykolaychuk Street (near the pedestrian crossing, from the side of the building No. 7 on Mykolaychuk Street);
• intersection of Lypynskoho Street – Chornovil Avenue (near the pedestrian crossing, from the side of the building No. 59 on V. Chornovil Avenue);
• intersection of Kulparkivska Street – Horodotska Street (near the pedestrian crossing, from the side of the building No. 187 on Horodotska Street).

“The state of atmospheric air in the Lviv region is characterised by relative stability of indicators, but we observe an increasing number of motor vehicles, which leads to deterioration of atmospheric air and heavy metal pollution of roadside soils. In places with the highest concentration of vehicles, transport is mostly one of the main sources of pollution,” said Oksana Viytyk, Acting Director of the Department of Ecology and Natural Resources.

It is worth noting that as a result of military aggression and restrictions on access to Ukraine’s water transport and aviation logistics by the Russian occupation forces, there has been a significant reorientation towards road transport, which has led to an increase in freight traffic in the region.