3-year noise monitoring and strategic noise mapping in an extended motorway
It is well known that the quality of the acoustic environment is very often degraded by major environmental interventions such as extended motorways. Considering this, the European Union has imposed relevant legislation on its member states to monitor these environmental changes/interventions and to develop strategic noise maps and action plans, in order to protect the natural and human environment. Egnatia Odos is a major motorway that crosses northern Greece and connects the country with the main European Motorway network. In the present work, the results of an extended traffic noise measuring campaign at selected sections of the Egnatia motorway are presented, together with the strategic noise maps and calculations of the population exposure. It was concluded that, although the noise levels in the countryside were low, in the suburban areas near the city of Thessaloniki the traffic noise was reported high during both the day and night. However, the extent of the traffic noise issue was found considerably greater during night-time. The number of exceedances was rather limited, though a considerable amount of population (11.5% and 5.4% during the day and night, respectively) seems to be affected by relatively high noise levels, highlighting the importance of traffic noise monitoring.
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- © Springer-Verlag GmbH Germany, part of Springer Nature 2019.
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Authors:
- Paschalidou, Anastasia K
- 0000-0001-5354-7198
- Kassomenos, Pavlos
- Chonianaki, Fotini
- Valkouma, Thalia
- Publication Date: 2019-5
Language
- English
Media Info
- Media Type: Web
- Features: References;
- Pagination: pp 15608-15616
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Serial:
- Environmental Science and Pollution Research
- Volume: 26
- Issue Number: 15
- Publisher: Springer Berlin Heidelberg
- ISSN: 0944-1344
- EISSN: 1614-7499
- Serial URL: https://www.springer.com/journal/11356
Subject/Index Terms
- TRT Terms: Environmental monitoring; Freeways; Mapping; Night; Sound level; Suburbs; Traffic noise
- Identifier Terms: Egnatia Odos Highway (Greece)
- Geographic Terms: Greece
- Subject Areas: Environment; Highways; Vehicles and Equipment;
Filing Info
- Accession Number: 01712117
- Record Type: Publication
- Files: TRIS
- Created Date: Jul 22 2019 8:01PM