M25: Noise

(asked on 16th October 2024) - View Source

Question to the Department for Transport:

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 8 October 2024 to Question 5795 on M25: Noise, how much Next Generation Concrete Surfacing is expected to reduce noise levels by.


Answered by
Lilian Greenwood Portrait
Lilian Greenwood
Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Transport)
This question was answered on 25th October 2024

Trials conducted on the M1 suggest that Next Generation Concrete Surfacing (NGCS) could yield a reduction of between 3.4 and 3.7 dB(A) in the noise generated between the vehicle tyre and the concrete road surface.

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