Glasgow Airport launch noise consultation
12.01.10
Glasgow Airport have announced a consultation on its noise action plans. A new Noise Insulation Scheme and increased support for community regeneration are part of a commitment to operate the airport in a responsible and sustainable manner. Details have been outlined in a public consultation that has been launched across communities close to the airport’s flight path.
The airport already has a package of measures in place to tackle noise, including a Noise and Track Keeping System to monitor aircraft noise, fines for airlines which breach agreed noise thresholds, voluntary day and night-time noise limits and a freephone noise action line for concerned residents. As a result, studies produced by the Civil Aviation Authority show that the noise footprint around the airport has shrunk and is now half the size it was in 1990. This means that fewer households are troubled by aircraft noise, even though the airport has grown significantly.
The Noise Insulation Scheme will benefit residential properties within the 66-decibel contour area set by the UK air regulator, the Civil Aviation Authority. This proposal brings Glasgow Airport into line with similar schemes already in place at Gatwick and Stansted airports and soon to be introduced at Edinburgh. However, as few properties (some say only one or two) fall within this area at Glasgow Airport, the plan goes further than other airports, with a second proposal to establish a new ‘Flightpath Fund’ to oversee the distribution of community funding which is set to rise to around £150,000 this year.
Copies of the public consultation are being sent to local MPs, MSPs, councillors, community councils, libraries and community centres. Renfrewshire residents can take part in the consultation by downloading the proposals at www.glasgowairport.com/flightpath, sending an e-mail with their name and address to flightpath@baa.com or calling the noise action line on 0800 013 2429. Copies of the consultation document can also be viewed at local libraries and community centres. The deadline for submissions is Sunday, January 31.
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