The four stations, at northwest Singleton, Camberwell, Bulga and Mount Thorley, are due to be commissioned in the next month.

All 14 Upper Hunter Air Quality Monitoring Network (UHAQMN) sites have been selected after the advisory committee recently agreed on sites at Merriwa, Jerrys Plains and Wybong.

Work is also progressing on a further four stations at Aberdeen, northwest Muswellbrook, South Singleton and Warkworth.

This will mean Singleton’s local government area will have an air quality monitor in Civic Avenue, off Haggerty’s Lane, off Rixs Creek Road, Bulga, Camberwell, Mount Thorley, Jerrys Plains, Maison Dieu and Warkworth.

Only one monitor in Singleton and one in Muswellbrook measure PM2.5 pollution.

NSW Office of Environment and Heritage (OEH) chief executive Lisa Corbyn said “following the selection of the specific location for the final three sites, we are on track to have all fourteen sites completed by the end of the year.”

UHAQMN advisory committee chairperson Cathy Cole said as part of a recent meeting of the committee the recommended sites at Jerrys Plains and Wybong were visited.

“The selection of the sites has been an integral part of the process and has involved extensive research and consultation,” Ms Cole said.

“The recent meeting also provided the opportunity to examine the best ways to communicate the results obtained by the air quality network.

“The committee was presented with feedback obtained by the OEH from focus groups regarding the Upper Hunter monitoring network website upgrade and the way results are presented.”

Ms Cole said the committee is working hard with OEH to ensure the information obtained from the network sites is presented in a way that is readily available and easy to understand.

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