Transportation: noise action plan

Use of low noise road surfacing ^[24] on the trunk road network via the new design of new surface course material specification called TS2010 that incorporates noise reduction properties ^[25]

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Hard and soft engineering solutions

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Network operational management of roads and rail

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Proposals and Policies

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Desktop: Research, appraisal and tool development

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Communications and stakeholder engagement

Objective 1 - On a prioritised basis, by 2018 we aim to manage the exposure to environmental noise in NMAs

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Develop and apply appropriate Appraisal and Test of Reasonableness tools to rank effective NMA interventions.

Research & evaluate best practice

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Where appropriate, apply noise management interventions on a prioritised basis during existing maintenance and improvement programmes where reasonably practicable.

Hard & Soft Engineering

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Engage with Aberdeen, Dundee, Edinburgh and Glasgow to assess major road NMAs within agglomerations.

Research & evaluate best practice

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Objective 2 - By 2018, we will incorporate environmental noise management within all stages of transportation planning, design, construction and maintenance activities as appropriate

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Incorporate a commitment to management environmental emissions (such as noise) into future corporate and/or annual business plans

Proposals, Policies, Contracts & Procedures

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Incorporate consideration of noise issues into future construction or maintenance contracts, franchise agreements and specifications.

Proposals, Policies, Contracts & Procedures

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Championing the consideration of noise management into local authority development control (planning) process and periodically review transportation appraisal process

Proposals, Policies, Contracts & Procedures

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Develop a process for approval of noise barriers near the Trunk Road network

Proposals, Policies, Contracts & Procedures

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Conduct before-and-after sample noise measurement to (i) determine measured baseline at selected NMAs prior to noise management construction and (ii) appraise noise management approaches in terms of cost benefit and delivery of effective noise management.

Research & evaluate best practice

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Objective 3 - By 2018, we will demonstrate a practical contribution to noise management via existing and future proposals and policies

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Transport and travel policies and proposals to both take into account and facilitate noise management.

Proposals, Policies, Contracts & Procedures

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Promote Intelligent Transport Systems to better manage trunk road flows.

Road Operations

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Promote uptake of low noise tyres

Proposals, Policies, Contracts & Procedures

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3d

Consider update to Noise Insulation Scotland Regulations ( NISR) legislation

Research & evaluate best practice

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Objective 4 - By 2018, we will promote channels of communication to stakeholders that encourage a learning environment

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Provide guidance, information and progress updates on the TNAP actions to the Scottish Noise Mapping Website via links to the Transport Scotland/SCOTS website and social media platforms.

Communications

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4b

Conduct review of noise complaints on trunk road and rail network over the last 5 years in order to better understand their nature.

Research & evaluate best practice

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Incorporate noise maps into transportation GIS

Road Operations

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Undertake research to better understand and quantify the effects of END-related noise

Research & evaluate best practice

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