Report 536 Resurfacing a motorway with porous asphalt: effects on rural noise exposure and community response

Publication Year

2002

Document Status

Current

Abstract

Noise and interview surveys conducted prior to the resurfacing of a jointed concrete section of the M40 in Summer 1994, and one and four years later; measuring the effectiveness of porous asphalt in reducing traffic noise at a distance from the motorway, and effects of the noise changes on nearby residents.

Document History

Prepared for Traffic Safety and Environment Division (TSE), Highways Agency.

Author

Baughan, C. J. et al.

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