08d3ed14-9473-49fa-8070-22f1efed80c6 Data Analyst Environmental Protection Agency Scientific Officer +353-53-9160600 +353-53-9160601 PO Box 3000 Johnstown Castle Estate Wexford Co. Wexford Ireland gis@edenireland.ie 2023-10-12T14:24:13.821Z ISDI Metadata Profile 1.2 EPSG Geodetic Parameter Dataset 2009-11-25 http://www.opengis.net/def/crs/EPSG/0/29902 EPSG Noise Round 4 Road National (Lnight) Strategic Noise Mapping of Major Roads Round 4 2022 Lnight 2023-09-08T00:00:00 2023-09-08T00:00:00 2023-09-08T00:00:00 HH.IE.EPA.NOISE_Rd4_Road_Nat_Night This is a polygon dataset of the strategic noise mapping of major roads for Round 4 (2022), representing the situation during 2021, in the form of noise contours for the Lnight period for Cork, Dublin and Limerick noise agglomerations and the major roads outside of the noise agglomerations. Major roads were identified by Transport Infrastructure Ireland (TII) and Local Authorities as those roads exceeding the flow threshold of 3 million passages per year during 2021. The dB value represents the annual average Lnight indicator value in decibels over the night time. The values are calculated at a height of 4.0m above local terrain, not measured, and should be treated with caution when looking at specific locations. The strategic noise mapping of the major roads was undertaken by Noise Consultants Limited inside the three noise agglomerations, under contract to the agglomeration local authorities, and outside the agglomerations by Transport Infrastructure Ireland (TII) with the support of the local authorities within whose functional areas the major roads were located. The outputs of the Round 4 noise mapping exercise were generated using a new common noise assessment method for Europe (CNOSSOS-EU), as set out in the revised Annex II of Directive 2002/49/EC, and they are not directly comparable to any strategic noise maps previously generated under Rounds 1 to 3, as these revised methods calculate noise emissions, propagation and residential population exposure differently from the methods used in previous rounds. The noise maps are the product of assimilating a collection of digital datasets, and over the last 15 years there have been ongoing significant improvements to the quality of the digital datasets describing the natural and built environment in Ireland, therefore the Round 4 strategic noise mapping includes changes to the model input datasets being used, compared to previous rounds, particularly related to the road network modelled, the terrain model, building heights, traffic flows and ground cover. The strategic noise maps should not be relied upon in the context of planning applications for noise sensitive developments in the vicinity of the mapped sources. Strategic noise maps are to be made every 5 years by noise mapping bodies designated under the European Communities (Environmental Noise) Regulations, SI 549 of 2018, which transposed EC Directive 2002/49/EC into Irish legislation. These strategic noise maps were prepared for Round 4 (2022), representing the annual average situation during 2021. The strategic noise maps are to be used to identify priorities (Important Areas and Priority Important Areas) for noise action plans, which are to be made or revised every 5 years by designated action planning authorities, namely Local Authorities. They can also be used to identify potential Quiet areas in the three noise agglomerations. The strategic noise maps should not be relied upon in the context of planning applications for noise sensitive developments in the vicinity of the mapped sources. Informatics Environmental Protection Agency Data Manager +353-53-9160600 +353-53-9160601 PO Box 3000 Johnstown Castle Estate Wexford Co. Wexford Ireland gis@EPA.IE http://gis.epa.ie/geoserver/EPA/wms?service=WMS&version=1.1.0&request=GetMap&layers=EPA:NOISE_Rd4_Road_Nat_Night&styles=&bbox=76094.36079999991,37835.5792999994,333382.88129999954,431198.6302000005&width=502&height=768&srs=EPSG:29902&format=image%2Fpng thumbnail Human Health and Safety GemetInspireTheme GEMET 2013-12-10 noise measurement noise exposure plan noise type noise legislation noise level noise monitoring GEMET - Concepts, version 3.1 GEMET 2012-07-20 noise legislation noise contours noise decibels noise action plan road Environmental Protection Agency EPA 2014-06-23 IE ISO 3166 ISO 1974-12-31 no limitations Data is for public use under Creative Commons CC-By 4.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ 50000 environment -10.47472 -6.01306 51.44555 55.37999 2012-01-14T00:00:00 2016-08-11T00:00:00 0 1014 An Ordnance Datum or OD is a vertical datum used by an ordnance survey as the basis for deriving altitudes on maps. A spot height may be expressed as AOD for "above ordnance datum". Usually mean sea level (MSL) is used for the datum. Malin Ordnance Datum Derivation of vertical height or depth (in metres) In the Republic of Ireland, OD for the Ordnance Survey of Ireland is Malin Ordnance Datum: the Mean Sea Level (MSL) at Portmoor Pier, Malin Head, County Donegal, between 1960 and 1969. 5731 EPSG Projection 5731 - Malin Head height Metres Derivation of Altitude OD based on Mean Sea Level, Malin Head 1960-1969 ESRI Shapefile 10.x Noise Manager Environmental Protection Agency Data Manager +353-53-9160600 +353-53-9160601 PO Box 3000 Johnstown Castle Estate Wexford Co. Wexford Ireland info@epa.ie https://gis.epa.ie/EPAMaps/EnvironmentAndWellbeing WWW:LINK-1.0-http--link View Data View Data https://gis.epa.ie/GetData/Download WWW:LINK-1.0-http--link Download Data Download Data https://gis.epa.ie/geoserver/EPA/ows?service=WFS&version=1.0.0&request=GetFeature&typeName=EPA%3ANoise%20Round%204%20Road%20National%20-%20Lnight&maxFeatures=50&outputFormat=application%2Fjson OGC:WFS GeoJSON GeoJSON https://www.epa.ie/our-services/monitoring--assessment/noise/ WWW:LINK-1.0-http--link More Information About Data More Information About Data https://rod.eionet.europa.eu/obligations/367 WWW:LINK-1.0-http--link Reporting Obligations: Extents of noise mapping Report on all major roads, railways, airports and agglomerations (DF1 and DF5) (europa.eu) https://rod.eionet.europa.eu/obligations/369 WWW:LINK-1.0-http--link Reporting Obligations: Strategic noise mapping Strategic noise maps (DF 4 and DF 8) (europa.eu) https://reportnet.europa.eu/public/dataflow/592 WWW:LINK-1.0-http--link Downloading of Reports: DF1_5 Extents Reportnet 3 (europa.eu) https://reportnet.europa.eu/public/dataflow/871 WWW:LINK-1.0-http--link Downloading of Reports: DF4_8 Major roads Reportnet 3 (europa.eu) INSPIRE Data Specification on Human Health and Safety INSPIRE Data Specifications v3.0 2013-12-10 The INSPIRE Directive or INSPIRE lays down a general framework for a Spatial Data Infrastructure (SDI) for the purposes of European Community environmental policies and policies or activities which may have an impact on the environment. false COMMISSION REGULATION (EU) No 1089/2010 of 23 November 2010 implementing Directive 2007/2/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards interoperability of spatial data sets and services INSPIRE Interoperability Regulation 2010-12-08 Level of conformance with the COMMISSION REGULATION (EU) No 1089/2010 of 23 November 2010 implementing Directive 2007/2/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards interoperability of spatial data sets and services false Strategic noise maps are to be made every 5 years by noise mapping bodies designated under the European Communities (Environmental Noise) Regulations, SI 549 of 2018, which transposed EC Directive 2002/49/EC into Irish legislation. These strategic noise maps were prepared for Round 4 (2022), representing the annual average situation during 2021. The strategic noise maps are to be used to identify priorities for noise action plans, which are to be made or revised every 5 years by designated action planning authorities, namely Local Authorities. They can also be used to identify potential Quiet areas in the three noise agglomerations. This is a polygon dataset of the strategic noise mapping of major roads, which were identified by Transport Infrastructure Ireland (TII) and Local Authorities as those roads exceeding the flow threshold of 3 million passages per year during 2021, in the form of noise contours for the Lnight period for Cork, Dublin and Limerick noise agglomerations and the major roads outside of the noise agglomerations. The contour polygons are derived by interpolation from calculated points on a regular 10m spacing located outside building footprints. Calculations were undertaken using Predictor-LimA software in line with the methodology in the consolidated Annex II of Directive 2002/49/EC as of 28 July 2022. The strategic noise mapping of major roads includes national, regional and local roads identified by TII and the Local Authorities as being above the flow threshold. The dB value represents the annual average Lnight indicator value in decibels over night time. The values are calculated at a height of 4.0m above local terrain, not measured, and should be treated with caution when looking at specific locations. The strategic noise mapping of the major roads was undertaken by Noise Consultants Limited inside the three noise agglomerations, under contract to the agglomeration local authorities, and outside the noise agglomerations by Transport Infrastructure Ireland (TII) with the support of the local authorities within whose functional areas the major roads were located. The outputs of the Round 4 noise mapping exercise were generated using a new common noise assessment method for Europe (CNOSSOS-EU), as set out in the revised Annex II of Directive 2002/49/EC, and they are not comparable to any strategic noise maps previously generated under Rounds 1 to 3, as these revised methods calculate noise emissions, propagation and residential population exposure differently from the methods used in previous rounds. The noise maps are the product of assimilating a collection of digital datasets, and over the last 15 years there have been ongoing significant improvements to the quality of the digital datasets describing the natural and built environment in Ireland, therefore the Round 4 strategic noise mapping includes changes to the model input datasets being used, compared to previous rounds, particularly related to the road network modelled, the terrain model, building heights, traffic flows and ground cover. The strategic noise maps should not be relied upon in the context of planning applications for noise sensitive developments in the vicinity of the mapped sources. The EPA must be notified if any errors or emissions are found. It is not permitted to distribute electronic copies of this data to any other party without the prior consent of the data holders (Environmental Protection Agency). The data source must be appropriately acknowledged.