Environmental criteria for road traffic noise
DECC's Environmental Criteria for Road Traffic Noise reflects Government policy on acceptable road traffic noise levels. The environmental criteria for road traffic noise aim to:
- provide a comprehensive and effective approach to managing road traffic noise
- consider the need to mitigate road traffic noise early in the road development process
- promote a range of strategies that should be applied to reducing traffic noise and prevent over-reliance on engineering noise controls such as noise barriers
- provide criteria that can be used to assess noise impacts for new and redeveloped roads and methodologies that recognise the benefits of all noise mitigation measures.
For more information see Environmental criteria for road traffic noise (roadnoise.pdf 280 KB)
Page last updated: 28 October 2008