Manchester Airport launch noise consultation
16.07.09
Manchester Airport has launched a public consultation on a new five-year noise action plan designed to manage the impact of noise from its operations. A team of Environmental Health Officers from neighbouring boroughs have been working with the airport’s environment experts for two years to prepare the consultation document, which includes new proposals as well as summarising many existing policies. The measures include a proposal to reduce the daytime threshold above which noise fines are issued, as well as increasing the penalty for breaching the noise limit.
The airport already has a wide range of noise management and mitigation measures in place, including restrictions on the operation of the noisiest aircraft at night, a requirement for departing aircraft to fly along routes that take them away, where possible, from densely populated areas, some of the strictest noise penalties of any airport in the UK, through to offering assistance with the cost of insulating homes against the effects of aircraft noise.
Commenting on the consultation, Manchester Airport’s Head of Environment, Dr Tim Walmsley, said: ‘The noise action plan contains over 50 policies that are designed to manage the noise impact of our operations but we are keen to hear from local people about what they think we are doing right or what we could be doing better in order to achieve the right balance’.
The airport’s noise action plan consultation began on 1 July 2009 and closes on 21 October 2009. Staff from the environment and community relations teams will be holding six specially arranged outreach surgeries in local communities during the consultation period so that residents are able to discuss the details in person. Over 200 copies of the consultation document are available in local libraries across Greater Manchester and parts of Cheshire. Copies can also be downloaded from www.manchesterairport.co.uk, along with details of the outreach surgeries.
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