WIN News: Noise Levels 20090722

The news story from WIn News confirms what our ears have long been telling us, and contradicting the Airports claims about aircraft noise in North Canberra. Airservices Australia, Noise and Flight Path Monitoring System Canberra Quarterly Report, January to March 2009.

Media release - 21 July 2009
Community angered by airports response - lawnmowers indeed!

Canberra Airport has insulted the intelligence of residents of North Canberra with their analysis of the first results from the Hackett Noise Monitor, says community group Curfew4Canberra.

The aircraft noise in North Canberra that Airservices Australia has measured cannot be dismissed as birds and lawnmowers, said Jenni Savigny, the groups President. They have seriously under-estimated the high levels of noise literacy in this community. People also know what their ears tell them.

The Airports response shows how desperate they are to talk down aircraft noise in North Canberra, because its existence strikes right at the viability of the proposed 24-hour freight and passenger hub, said Ms Savigny.

The Chief Minister appointed an independent noise expert to settle this question once and for all where is it? asked Ms Savigny. The Federal Minister is due to make a decision on the 24-hour freight hub before 28 August. Without the report from the ACTs independent noise expert, he wont have the correct information in front of him.

This report shows exactly why we need an aviation curfew at Canberra Airport, to protect our sleep, just the same as Sydney residents have their sleep protected from 11pm to 6am said Ms Savigny.

What scares us is that this report only shows us the aircraft noise in north Canberra at the moment. Imagine how much worse it will be with jumbo jet freighters flying in at night.

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• aircraft noise
• freight hub
• 70dB
• sleep
• Canberra
• Airport
• curfew