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| Project Acronym: |
POLMIT |
| Type of contract: |
Shared Cost |
| Project title: |
Pollution of Groundwater and soil by Road and Traffis sources: dispersal mechanisms, pathways and mitigation measures |
| URL: |
http://www.trl.co.uk/polmit/index.htm |
| Main contractor: |
TRANSPORT RESEARCH LABORATORY |
| Type organisation: |
Research Organisation |
| Country: |
GB |
| Start date & duration: |
1997-08-29 - 24 months |
| Area: |
Road |
| Relevant tasks: |
7.0 |
| Total cost in kECUs: |
1662 |
| Total EU contribution in kECUs: |
839 |
Objectives of research
Main objectives:
The construction of new roads and the maintenance and use by traffic of existing roads, raises important problems of environmental pollution both in the immediate vicinity of the road and in the potential dispersion of pollutants further afield. Of all the pollutant sources one of the least studied, and least well understood, is the non-gaseous pollution arising from precipitation onto the road surface. This precipitation has the potential to mobilise pollutants on the road surface and to disperse them to soil and water by a variety of mechanisms and along numerous pathways. Windspreading of pollutants, particularly PAH, is also an important transport mechanism about which little is known. Work on this subject has been ongoing in Europe for a number of years but in a fragmented way with the main objective being to solve problems in the individual countries. To provide the European Union with comprehensive, Europe-wide, advice on the problem it is necessary to coordinate the research to avoid duplication and direct efforts towards a unified series of mitigation measures. The principal objectives of this study are, therefore:- 1. To determine and understand the absolute and relative importance of potential highway pollutants compared with other pollutant sources such as those from agriculture for example; 2. To understand the dispersal mechanisms - both through run-off and windspreading - of these pollutants and the pathways by which they are released to soil and groundwater; 3. To understand the physical and chemical impacts on the environment - local and national; and 4. To develop practical measures which may be taken to control, or mitigate against this pollution.
Demo Sites:
None
Links with other projects, tasks, areas, programmes, policy actions:
The MEET project interfaces with POLMIT.
Participants
| Organisation |
Type |
Country |
| TRANSPORT RESEARCH LABORATORY |
Research Organisation |
GB |
| MINISTRY OF TRANSPORT, PUBLIC WORKS AND WATER MANAGEMENT |
Research Organisation |
NL |
| SWEDISH NATIONAL ROAD AND TRANSPORT RESEARCH INSTITUTE |
Research Organisation |
SE |
| TECHNICAL RESEARCH CENTRE OF FINLAND |
Research Organisation |
FI |
| DANISH ROAD INSTITUTE - THE ROAD DIRECTORATE, MINISTRY OF TRANSPORT |
Research Organisation |
DK |
| LABORATOIRE CENTRAL DES PONTS ET CHAUSSEES |
Research Organisation |
FR |
| LABORATORIO NACIONAL DE ENGENHARIA CIVIL |
Research Organisation |
PT |
| SWEDISH GEOTECHNICAL INSTITUTE |
Research Organisation |
SE |
| LINKÖPING UNIVERSITY |
Education |
SE |
Coordinator's name: Dr. Adine HIRD
Address: TRANSPORT RESEARCH LABORATORY
Old Wokingham Road,
RG45 6AU Crowthorne
GB
Tel: +44-1344-770079
Fax: +44-1344-770918
E-mail: ahird@trl.co.uk
European Commission Contact Point
Name: Mr. René BASTIAANS
Tel: +32-2-2994115
Fax: +32 -2-2968350
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