Transportation: noise action plan
This plan is one in a suite of six noise action plans produced under the terms of the Environmental Noise Directive (END).
4 Governance of noise action planning
4.1 Competent Authority
The Scottish Government is the Competent Authority for END in Scotland.
4.2 Scottish Environmental Noise Steering Group
The Scottish Environmental Noise Steering Group ( SENSG) comprises representation from organisations with varying responsibility for environmental noise, namely the Scottish Government, AECOM, Local Authorities, SEPA, Transport Scotland, airport operators and the Society for Chief Officers for Transportation in Scotland. SENSG provided a forum for discuss on the Noise Action Planning progression, with the governance arrangement noted in Figure 1. SENSG will host meetings twice yearly during the lifetime of the Noise Action Plans to review progress on the actions.
Figure 1 - Noise Action Planning governance via SENSG and associated Working Groups
4.3 Transportation Noise Working Group
Authoring of the Transportation Noise Action Plan was overseen by the Transportation Noise Working Group (under the auspice of SENSG) and comprised Transport Scotland (chair), Society for Chief Officers for Transportation in Scotland, Network Rail, First ScotRail, Road Haulage Association, the Scottish Hydrogen and Fuel Cell Association (representing the 2020 Climate Group) and AECOM. The principle objective of the Transportation Noise Working Group was to comply with END and the Scottish Regulations in order to 'produce a Transportation Noise Action Plan containing clear tangible actions via collaboration and partnering'.
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