2018-05-24
Ms PENNICUIK (Southern Metropolitan) — A number of times I have raised the issue of freeway noise that affects the residents of the City of Boroondara in the area abutting the Eastern and Monash freeways and the issue that older roads are subject to the noise levels of 68 decibels, whereas new freeways have to have their noise levels contained to 63 decibels. I will not go into the technicalities of measuring them. VicRoads released a discussion paper in mid-August 2015 and called for further community input, which has been provided by the community and the City of Boroondara. The concerns that they have raised about the noise levels are still relevant. VicRoads has advised that the review is still progressing. Given the time lapse of almost two years, my question for the Minister for Roads and Road Safety is: when will VicRoads complete its traffic noise reduction policy review?
ANSWER on 27 July 2018:
The VicRoads Traffic Noise Reduction Policy is still under review and is expected to be completed later this year.