Appendix F- Acousitc Report · MCU21/0117.01

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INTRODUCTION ..................................................................................................................................... 1

CRITERIA ................................................................................................................................................ 6
   MEASUREMENTS AND CALCULATIONS ...................................................................................................... 6
   NOISE LIMITS - RAIL ............................................................................................................................... 6
   NOISE LIMITS – TRAFFIC ......................................................................................................................... 8
RAIL NOISE .......................................................................................................................................... 10
   MEASURED NOISE LEVELS.................................................................................................................... 10
   GROUND FLOOR PRIVATE OPEN SPACE NOISE LEVELS.......................................................................... 12
   GROUND FLOOR BUILDING FACADE NOISE LEVELS ................................................................................ 13
   FIRST FLOOR BALCONIES ..................................................................................................................... 13
   FIRST FLOOR FACADES ........................................................................................................................ 13
TRAFFIC NOISE ................................................................................................................................... 13
   MEASURED NOISE LEVELS.................................................................................................................... 13
   CALCULATED TRAFFIC NOISE LEVELS.................................................................................................... 14
   ULTIMATE TRAFFIC NOISE LEVELS ........................................................................................................ 14
   TRAFFIC NOISE – LEVEL 1 PRIVATE EXTERNAL LIVING AREAS ................................................................ 15
   TRAFFIC NOISE – LEVEL 1 FACADES ..................................................................................................... 17
   HABITABLE ROOMS, LEVEL 1 AND 2 ....................................................................................................... 19
TRAFFIC NOISE CONTROL ................................................................................................................ 22

AMBIENT NOISE LEVELS ................................................................................................................... 24

CONCLUSIONS .................................................................................................................................... 25

RECOMMENDATION ........................................................................................................................... 26

APPENDIX A: AMBIENT NOISE MEASUREMENT EQUIPMENT ..................................................... 27

APPENDIX B: RESULTS OF AMBIENT NOISE MEASUREMENTS ................................................. 28