Noise Level in communities

My campaign to slow traffic hammering through Chester Rd daily is partially driven by noise levels. An extra 10mph nearly doubles vehicle noise. Hopefully shortly traffic calming will slow down traffic which will make less noise. Chester Rd levels are between 2000 - 3000 vehicles a day.

Short cut traffic that uses the village instead of Penyffordd Bypass I estimate to be about 1000 vehicles a day. There is also the issues of lorries which cause much noise. This week lorries have been coming through the village at 30+ a day due to quarry materials from Grianrhyd being used somewhere north of Penyffordd.

There is also the traffic noise from Penyffordd Bypass which is far more than any noise that comes from Hanson Cement. This however is conveniently forgotten by certain cllrs with a grudge against Hanson.

The Welsh Assembly Government for some time have been putting a noise map together on the instructions of the EU.

One thought arises. Will the new Wood Lane estate help to block traffic noise off the bypass?

Links

http://www.leaderlive.co.uk/news/120372/new-maps-to-chart-noise-levels-in-wales.aspx

http://data.wales.gov.uk/apps/noise