Overview
The Noise Action Plan (2024 – 2028) has been informed by and is based on the Strategic Noise Maps which were prepared for Monaghan County Council, and which covers road transport noise from major roads with traffic volumes of more than 3 million vehicles per year.
Why We Are Doing It
The Noise Action Plan is required under the Environmental Noise Directive (“END”) (2002/49/EC) which was transposed into Irish law through the European Communities (Environmental Noise) Regulations 2018 (S.I. 549/2018) and the European Communities (Environmental Noise) (Amendment) Regulations 2021 (S.I. 663/2021). The Regulations require Strategic Noise Maps and Noise Action Plans to be made or revised every five years.
Requirements of the Noise Action Plan
The Environmental Noise Directive (END) requires local authorities to draw-up plans of action which will include measures to ‘address priorities which may be identified by the exceeding of any relevant limit value or by other criteria chosen by the Member State and apply in particular to the most important areas as established by strategic noise mapping’. It also requires Plans to identify and protect “quiet areas against an increase in noise”.
Locations in County Monaghan which are relevant to the Noise Action Plan
The Noise Action Plan relates to Noise from major roads with traffic volumes of more than 3 million vehicles per year within the county and includes the national road; N2 and parts of the non-national road network, namely the R937 (Dublin Road, Monaghan Town), R162 (Glen Road, Monaghan Town), R181 (Main Street, Castleblayney), R183 (Monaghan Road, Castleblayney), R938 (York Street, Castleblayney) & R927 (Main Street, Carrickmacross).
The Monaghan County Council Noise Action Plan 2024-2028 can be viewed by clicking on the link below:
EPA Noise Maps
To view the strategic noise maps on the EPA website, click the link, select ‘Environment and Wellbeing’, then select the relevant ‘Noise’ option: