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

CRITERIA ................................................................................................................................................ 8
   MEASUREMENTS AND CALCULATIONS ...................................................................................................... 8
   NOISE LIMITS - RAIL ............................................................................................................................... 8
   NOISE LIMITS – TRAFFIC ......................................................................................................................... 9
RAIL NOISE .......................................................................................................................................... 11
   MEASURED NOISE LEVELS.................................................................................................................... 11
   BUILDING FACADE NOISE LEVELS.......................................................................................................... 13
   PRIVATE OPEN SPACE AND RECREATION AREA NOISE LEVELS ............................................................... 13
   RAIL NOISE – INTERNAL AREAS............................................................................................................. 14
TRAFFIC NOISE ................................................................................................................................... 15
   MEASURED NOISE LEVELS.................................................................................................................... 15
   CALCULATED TRAFFIC NOISE LEVELS.................................................................................................... 15
   ULTIMATE TRAFFIC NOISE LEVELS ........................................................................................................ 16
   TRAFFIC NOISE – LEVEL 1 FACADE ....................................................................................................... 17
   TRAFFIC NOISE – LEVEL 2 FACADE ....................................................................................................... 19
   TRAFFIC NOISE CONTROL FOR HABITABLE ROOMS ................................................................................ 20
AMBIENT NOISE LEVELS ................................................................................................................... 21

NOISE CONTROL ................................................................................................................................. 22
   TRAFFIC NOISE CONTROL TO HABITABLE ROOMS .................................................................................. 22
   RAIL NOISE CONTROL TO HABITABLE ROOMS ........................................................................................ 23
   COMBINED TRAFFIC AND RAIAL NOISE CONTROL TO HABITABLE ROOMS ................................................. 23
CONCLUSIONS .................................................................................................................................... 24

RECOMMENDATION ........................................................................................................................... 25

APPENDIX A: AMBIENT NOISE MEASUREMENT EQUIPMENT ..................................................... 26

APPENDIX B: RESULTS OF AMBIENT NOISE MEASUREMENTS ................................................. 27