• Specialty

  Air Quality
  

• SECTOR

  Commercial
  

• TYPE

  Environmental Study
  

• CLIENTELE

  Private Sector
  

• TIMESPAN

  2007

• LOCATION

  Westford, MA

Westford Retail Project

SERVICE:

Mesoscale and Mesoscale Air Quality Analyses

DESCRIPTION:

A developer of a retail project in Westford, MA, needed an air quality study to satisfy Massachusetts Environmental Policy Act (MEPA) requirements.

Tech performed a microscale analysis using projected project traffic impacts to meet the MEPA selection criteria so that the proposed development could move forward. The microscale analysis followed the latest Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection (MassDEP) guidance and a modeling protocol for the analysis was prepared for MEPA. The mesoscale analysis predicted that the emissions of VOC and NOx in the project study area for the No-Build and Build cases would be smaller than the existing emissions. The developer was considering a number of transportation demand management (TDM) strategies and roadway/traffic signal improvements for the project which would improve air quality in the project area.

 

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Key Points

• A developer of a retail project in Westford, MA, needed an air quality study to satisfy MEPA requirements.
• Tech performed microscale and mesoscale analyses and demonstrated that the project would meet all relevant emissions limits.