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Wed, 06/15/2011 - 05:00
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SINGAPORE TO STUDY MITIGATING RAILWAY NOISE ON ELEVATED TRACKS
The Singapore Land Transport Authority (LTA) Tuesday announced plans to look into mitigating railway noise on elevated tracks.
With an ageing Mass Rapid Transit (MRT) system that has been in operation since 1987 and increased train frequencies to better serve commuters, LTA recognises that some residents living particularly close to the MRT viaducts could experience increased noise levels.
LTA chief executive Chew Hock Yong said there would be some degree of rail noise in a densely-built environment like "ours where the MRT was designed to serve residents along high-density corridors."
"For LTA, it is important that we find ways to keep these noise levels to a minimum. This island-wide study is an important step that will help us identify locations with higher noise levels and to come up with plans for appropriate measures," he said in a statement.
The island-wide study will be conducted concurrently with the multi-agency study jointly led by the National Environment Agency (NEA) and LTA on road and rail noise which is currently on-going and expected to complete by the first quarter of next year.
As part of the plan to address railway noise, LTA will embark on a noise measurement study along the entire length of all elevated MRT tracks island-wide, which will cover more than 500 blocks of flats located close to elevated viaducts or turnouts.
With an ageing Mass Rapid Transit (MRT) system that has been in operation since 1987 and increased train frequencies to better serve commuters, LTA recognises that some residents living particularly close to the MRT viaducts could experience increased noise levels.
LTA chief executive Chew Hock Yong said there would be some degree of rail noise in a densely-built environment like "ours where the MRT was designed to serve residents along high-density corridors."
"For LTA, it is important that we find ways to keep these noise levels to a minimum. This island-wide study is an important step that will help us identify locations with higher noise levels and to come up with plans for appropriate measures," he said in a statement.
The island-wide study will be conducted concurrently with the multi-agency study jointly led by the National Environment Agency (NEA) and LTA on road and rail noise which is currently on-going and expected to complete by the first quarter of next year.
As part of the plan to address railway noise, LTA will embark on a noise measurement study along the entire length of all elevated MRT tracks island-wide, which will cover more than 500 blocks of flats located close to elevated viaducts or turnouts.
