Road Traffic Noise

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Road Traffic Noise

• P 6806 200X
• Acoustics Road Traffic Noise - new and altered
  roads
• a standard in preparation
• publication for public comment within two months

2
Development

• 1992 no consensus on criteria
• Draft Guidelines for the Management of Road
  Traffic Noise -State Highway Improvements.
  Draft Working Document Nov 1994
• 1999 became
• Appendix 6 of the Planning Policy Manual
• (Transit New Zealands guidelines for the
  management of rood traffic noise- State highway
  improvements)

3
contents

• Statutory context
• Recommendations for road traffic noise criteria
  based on LAeq(24h)
• Measurement and prediction procedures
• Mitigation measures
• Best practicable option
• Examples of assessment

4
Over to you

• Help us make this standard a tool to ensure roads
  can be built
• right price,
• right way
• right time