High Speed 2 Railway Line

(asked on 2nd February 2021) - View Source

Question to the Department for Transport:

To ask Her Majesty's Government what plans they have to order that operational noise surveys are conducted by an independent body or the Nominated Undertaker in accordance with the requirements of HS2 Information Paper F4: Operational Noise and Vibration Monitoring Framework, published on 23 February 2017.


Answered by
Baroness Vere of Norbiton Portrait
Baroness Vere of Norbiton
Parliamentary Secretary (HM Treasury)
This question was answered on 9th February 2021

HS2 Phase One Information Paper F4 sets out the Government’s current plans for monitoring operational noise from HS2. The paper includes commitments to monitor the performance of noise and vibration control measures applied to the operational phase of the railway and to share information with Local Authorities. With HS2 operations still some years away, the detailed methodology for delivering the commitments contained in Information Paper F4, including the type of monitoring to be undertaken and who it will be done by, is yet to be determined.

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