Campaigners make a noise about integrated action on tranquility

25 October 2006

The practical benefits of noise maps are unlikely to be reaped while responsibility for producing them lies with the Government, the National Society for Clean Air claimed this week.
As the Campaign to Protect Rural England released new maps of tranquillity that graphically show how major roads shatter peace and quiet across the country, the NSCA urged the ‘integration of action on noise into local and regional planning’. The new Environmental Noise regulations require the environment secretary, not local authorities, to produce noise maps for large cities, major roads, and motorways – and action plans to reduce excessive noise.
CPRE policy director, Neil Sinden, agreed. ‘Our maps support the case for a more decentralised approach to this, with authorities being given the responsibility and the wherewithal to protect and improve tranquillity,’ he said.
Transport engineers could contribute to the reduction of disturbance ‘through road design, landscaping, and surfacing materials used’.

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