The emission of noise from linear transport infrastructure corridors, such as road and rail, is currently not regulated in Western Australia. The road and rail authorities (Main Roads Western Australia and Westrail, respectively) have as a result developed their own guidelines and criteria for managing the respective impacts of these facilities. Proposed noise guidelines have the potential to impact many stakeholders including road and rail agencies, local government, industry (including operators and developers), planners, engineers and the community in the context of both existing and proposed transport infrastructure corridors. A project was commissioned by the Department of Transport in Western Australia, in conjunction with a number of other state government agencies, to investigate best practice in the context of assessment and management of noise from transport infrastructure corridors and to form the basis for the development of a series of noise criteria and strategies to be applied in the future as a 'whole of government' approach. Critical outcomes of the project identified a series of directions for the assessment and management of transport noise in the context of the development of comprehensive noise guidance and the identification of case studies for the criteria. (Author/publisher) For the covering entry of this conference, please see ITRD abstract no. E205861.
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