Noise mitigation

Noise reduction is a common term for usually statutory noise abatement measures to combat noise.

Germany

In Germany includes noise abatement all subsequent measures to protect against existing noise sources. These are voluntary programs that are carried out either by the Federal Highway Administration or by the respective operators of the traffic route and are limited by the financial resources. Unlike the so-called noise prevention measures, their limits can be observed in the construction and substantial change of railway, so there is no enforceable claim affected by noise to conduct a noise abatement.

For example, the following noise abatement construction projects are provided in Germany:

  • Construction of noise barriers
  • Installation of soundproof windows

In some places there are also road tunnel to be built predominantly or almost exclusively for noise abatement reasons. Examples are the noise reduction tunnel the A1 near Cologne Lövenich or at the southern end of the A57 in Cologne.

Switzerland

In Switzerland, the noise reduction is carried out centrally by the Federal Office for the Environment ( FOEN). The following principles apply:

  • Assessment principle - Classification according to thresholds and sensitivity levels
  • Source principle - Causes instead of fighting the symptoms
  • Precautionary principle - adoption legal. Basics, such as Prohibition or non-admission of over noisy vehicles
  • Rehabilitation principle - distinction between private and public facilities
  • Polluter pays principle - costs must be borne by the polluter-pays principle
  • Principle of cooperation - cooperation of all organizations and agencies

The following measures for active and passive noise reduction are applied in Switzerland:

Road noise

  • Construction of noise barriers
  • Use of Flüsterbelag
  • Installation of soundproof windows
  • In extreme cases, constructing a roof ( "Gallery" ), enclosures or tunnels
  • Lowering the signaled speed
  • Night and Sunday driving ban for trucks
  • Statutory provisions in the Road Traffic Regulations ( VRV )

Implementation instructions under Guidelines road noise, enforcement aid for the rehabilitation. As of December 2006 (D / F / I), editor: Federal Office for the Environment and the Federal Office for Roads Authority

Railway noise

  • So-called rolling stock rehabilitation, that is, Rehabilitation of the chassis, this measure has the highest Priorät by: Called using axles with disc brakes or for wagons usually installation of innovative resin block brakes, also K-blocks
  • Replacement of brake hangers made ​​of steel with such plastic
  • Replacement of the coil springs with rubber roller springs

Aircraft noise

  • Ban on night flights
  • Installation of soundproof windows

Industrial and commercial noise

  • Corresponding zone planning
  • VAT. Requirements concerning the construction and operation of facilities

Shooting noise

  • Construction of noise barriers
  • Use of so-called noise tunnel

Legal foundations

  • Noise Abatement Ordinance of 15 December 1986 ( LSV ) - SR 814.41
  • Federal Act of 24 March 2000 on the Noise Abatement Railways - SR 742 144
  • Regulation of 14 November 2001 on Noise Abatement Railways ( VLE ) - SR 742.144.1

Financing and deadlines

The financing of noise remediation is acc. Article 16, after the LSV instead polluter pays' principle, which means that basically the cause of the noise source for the costs of both active and passive noise protection measures has to pay:

Public Roads

  • The cantons and the municipalities, which, if it may be counted a redevelopment property under Article 24a, LSV is on federal contributions: in national roads, the federal government takes over a large part of the costs set forth in Articles 7 and 10 of the Federal Act of 22 March 1985 on the use of earmarked fuel tax ( MinVG ) with funding from the National Road Fund so geäufneten
  • At cantonal and municipal roads, the public road owners can PM accordance with Article 13 MinVG Global Posts count (Federal Act on the use of earmarked fuel tax and the national road tax )
  • National roads must be in accordance with Article 17 LSV 2015, main and local roads rehabilitated by 2018

Railway installations

  • The operator of the railway or the rolling stock, the costs are covered by the federal government through A -repayable contribution from the Public Transport Financing Fund, certain operators get a noise bonus on the path price
  • ( will be in particular the second period due to the current financial situation hardly observed ) as the deadlines for rolling stock refurbishment of 31 December 2009 for the construction measures December 31, 2015

Airports

  • The operator of the airport; in the case of Zurich -Kloten of the company Unique. She struggled in 2005 against having to bear the costs for noise protection measures and in particular the loss of value of buildings in the arrival and departure corridors. In July 2009, residents complained.

The ECJ ruled in 2010 in the first instance German -Swiss aircraft noise dispute to the Federal Republic.

Industrial and commercial

Shooting noise

  • Community and the cantons, with the support of the Federal
  • As the deadline was 2002
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