Motorbike Noise Pollution
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Minutes:
Debbie Donald on behalf of Cairndow
Community Council and Alex Smith, Police Scotland held a conversation
regarding what could be done to tackle motorbike noise pollution in the Cairndow area as the noise and speed issues were a serious
concern for the local community. It was noted that Police Scotland can stop motorcyclists and check if
exhausts meet the legal requirements. |
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MOTORBIKE NOISE POLLUTION: UPDATE BY ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH
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Minutes:
The
Environmental Health Officer provided the Forum with the following email
update: The
request for noise monitoring of weekend motorbike activity in the Cairndow area to be undertaken by Environmental Health
cannot be carried out by this Service as the noise and causes currently being
discussed do not fall under any of our statutory functions. We do not have
the capacity to carry out non-statutory functions however you could consider
engaging a noise consultant to obtain the required readings. Noise
from vehicles on the road cannot be dealt with under the Environmental
Protection Act 1990 as a statutory nuisance, nor do we have the legal
authority to stop any vehicles, so even if noise measurements were taken by
this Service no action would be possible against the individuals responsible,
this would be a Police matter. There
are a number of potential actions that can be taken to reduce the impact of
noise from motorcycles which include; 1)
Educational campaigns to inform
motorcyclists of the impact to neighbours that fast accelerations and
speeding has to noise and safety such as posters and signage 2)
Reducing speed limits or
provision of traffic calming measures where appropriate 3)
Enforcement campaigns at the
roadside that stop individual motorcyclists that are accelerating hard and/or
speeding which includes measuring the noise output from their exhausts to
identify illegal and/or modified set ups – this would fall to the Police 4)
Individual dwellings installing
acoustic fencing to act as a shield to traffic noise (common in inner cities
for residential areas next to trunk routes etc) |
ÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌý Outcome The Cowal Transport Forum agreed to raise this matter with Transport
Scotland and contact Police Scotland with a request that they monitor the
situation locally. |
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