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Defra: A new Defra website provides maps showing the level of environmental noise from major industries, road and rail networks in 23 urban areas in England. The information, covering 80,000 km of roads within urban areas, 28,000 km of major road networks and almost 5,000 km of railways, will be used to draw up action plans to reduce unreasonable levels of noise, where practical.
 
The site also includes information on the number of people exposed to these levels of noise.  All member states have to produce maps under the EU Environmental Noise Directive.
Press release ~ Noise Mapping England website ~ EU Environmental Noise Directive ~ DfT - Attitudes to Noise from Aviation Sources in England (ANASE) study ~ Scottish Noise Mapping ~ Environmental Noise Issues ~ SEPA ~ Defra – Noise research
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