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rolion · 18-05-2012, 00:16

Been few days ago to somebody living right next to the N3 road !
Huge noise from the traffic...but good mobile phone coverage !

What's the reason for not installing glass/wood sound proof barriers in there !?

chucknorris · 18-05-2012, 07:16

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Originally Posted by rolion

Been few days ago to somebody living right next to the N3 road !
Huge noise from the traffic...but good mobile phone coverage !

What's the reason for not installing glass/wood sound proof barriers in there !?

If it were College gate it would have been done at the time. Maybe I'm being cynical but at all stages of road works on the M50, Castleknock was sound proof protected time and time again. Be it fast growing tree's or wooden barriers, Clonee has it particularly bad and the houses in area's such as Littlepace, Swallowbrook and Pheasants run are right on road level.

RANT OVER :O

rolion · 21-05-2012, 00:47

Thanks.
So..it has to do with who is living there !??
working class ... or ... cash class !??

Morag · 21-05-2012, 00:59

Often it boils down to voting class.
Areas which have a higher turn out at the polls have more clout when it comes to getting improvements.

Arciphel · 21-05-2012, 08:09

We got a flyer in the door recently (last 6 months?) saying that some money was being pout aside for some soundproofing works when possible. I think the issue is that the motorway part of the N4 starts down past Clonee towards almost Dunboyne and so there is apparently nothing in the NRA rules which says that a dual carriageway needs to have sound-proofing erected.

Larbre34 · 22-05-2012, 11:17

When the Navan Road - Blanchardstown/Clonee Bypass was built (89-91), the design standards observed by the Department of the Environment did not require noise walls to be installed for the predicted traffic volumes at that time. In fact dense landscaping was viewed as an effective and attractive solution.

When it was formed the NRA, as dictated by the EU, adopted more stringent requirements as traffic volumes and size of road projects increased which is why you see them along more recent motorways and the upgraded M50. The existing N3 would need to be widened/upgraded to see noise amelioration barriers installed and there is no plan to do that at the moment

**monument** · 29-05-2012, 21:24

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Originally Posted by Larbre34

The existing N3 would need to be widened/upgraded to see noise amelioration barriers installed and there is no plan to do that at the moment

If residents of East Wall can get Irish Rail to erect a sound barrier between their houses and a fright / storage train yard then people have a good chance of getting a sound barrier between them and the N3.

They just have to want it enough.

munchkin_utd · 31-05-2012, 15:49

thats the way it works all right, till a road is needing an upgrade it wont see much in the way of expensive soundproofing

just as a taste of what can be done, heres what was done for the residents near the new stadium in Munich when that road was upgraded (which cost as much as the stadium itsself nearly) but they were waiting decades for it hopelessly.

Not the size of the truck ahead compared to the wall!!
Thats what you should be looking for!

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rolion Registered User Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 1,044 Adverts \| Friends	Why are no sound barriers off N3 to Clonee ? Been few days ago to somebody living right next to the N3 road ! Huge noise from the traffic...but good mobile phone coverage ! What's the reason for not installing glass/wood sound proof barriers in there !?

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21-05-2012, 00:47	#3
rolion Registered User Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 1,044 Adverts \| Friends	Thanks. So..it has to do with who is living there !?? working class ... or ... cash class !??

21-05-2012, 00:59	#4
Morag Registered User Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: Neverwinter Posts: 6,683 Adverts \| Friends	Often it boils down to voting class. Areas which have a higher turn out at the polls have more clout when it comes to getting improvements.

21-05-2012, 08:09	#5
Arciphel Registered User Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Dublin Posts: 1,956 Adverts \| Friends	We got a flyer in the door recently (last 6 months?) saying that some money was being pout aside for some soundproofing works when possible. I think the issue is that the motorway part of the N4 starts down past Clonee towards almost Dunboyne and so there is apparently nothing in the NRA rules which says that a dual carriageway needs to have sound-proofing erected.

22-05-2012, 11:17	#6
Larbre34 Registered User Join Date: Jun 2011 Location: Dublin 15 - Dublin/Meath/Kildare borders Posts: 1,131 Adverts \| Friends	When the Navan Road - Blanchardstown/Clonee Bypass was built (89-91), the design standards observed by the Department of the Environment did not require noise walls to be installed for the predicted traffic volumes at that time. In fact dense landscaping was viewed as an effective and attractive solution. When it was formed the NRA, as dictated by the EU, adopted more stringent requirements as traffic volumes and size of road projects increased which is why you see them along more recent motorways and the upgraded M50. The existing N3 would need to be widened/upgraded to see noise amelioration barriers installed and there is no plan to do that at the moment

31-05-2012, 15:49	#8
munchkin_utd Registered User Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Munich Posts: 2,699 Adverts \| Friends	thats the way it works all right, till a road is needing an upgrade it wont see much in the way of expensive soundproofing just as a taste of what can be done, heres what was done for the residents near the new stadium in Munich when that road was upgraded (which cost as much as the stadium itsself nearly) but they were waiting decades for it hopelessly. Not the size of the truck ahead compared to the wall!! Thats what you should be looking for!