Text file: 6772.txt
author: ATatjana
downvotes: 1
end consideration date: 2015-06-30
id: '6772'
number comments: 2
number views: 2463
proposal type: Competent authority response
response: "Response from the Ministry of the Environment and Spatial Planning\n1.Brief\
  \ analysis of the current regime\nThe protection of the natural and living environment\
  \ is regulated by the Regulation on limit values for environmental noise indicators\
  \ (Official Journal of the Republic of Slovenia, No 105/05, 34/08, 109/09 and 62/10)\
  \ and the Regulation on the assessment and regulation of environmental noise (Official\
  \ Journal of the Republic of Slovenia, No 121/04). The provisions of the first regulation\
  \ apply to noise caused by the continuous or intermittent noise emissions from one\
  \ or more sources of environmental noise pollution in a particular basic land-use\
  \ area sensitive to environmental noise, while the second regulation lays down measures\
  \ to reduce environmental noise pollution, in particular with regard to the determination\
  \ of noise exposure through noise mapping of populated areas.\n \n2.Analysis of\
  \ the proposal\nProposal 6774-171 contains initiatives to reduce the noise nuisance\
  \ caused to the population by traffic on the northern Ljubljana bypass, namely those\
  \ living in the urban areas of Nov\xE9 Jars, BS3, Be\u017Eigrad and Dravle. They\
  \ request a ban on through traffic on the northern Ljubljana bypass in the section\
  \ passing through or by the above-mentioned residential areas, a further speed limit\
  \ for all vehicles and a recommendation to the traffic police to take appropriate\
  \ action in cases of violations.\n 3.Reasons why the proposal is appropriate for\
  \ further consideration\nBased on the data from the operational noise monitoring\
  \ reports, which are required to be carried out by noise source operators in accordance\
  \ with the provisions of the Regulation on the assessment and evaluation of environmental\
  \ noise (Official Journal of the Republic of Slovenia, No 121/04), Phase II of the\
  \ strategic noise maps for the operation of major roads, major railway lines and\
  \ for the residential areas of the Municipality of Ljubljana and the Municipality\
  \ of Maribor were carried out this year.\nBased on the results of the strategic\
  \ mapping for important roads and the Report on the implementation of operational\
  \ noise monitoring for the road network managed by DARS d.d., January 2014, it was\
  \ found that the operation of the expressway or the road section LJ(CELOV\u0160\
  KA-KOSEZE) in the northern part of the Municipality of Ljubljana causes excessive\
  \ noise pollution.\nIn view of these facts, in order to reduce noise in the area\
  \ of the Municipality of Ljubljana, an analysis of the effects of speed limitation\
  \ and heavy goods traffic on noise reduction in the area was also carried out in\
  \ the framework of the above-mentioned report.\nGiven that the northern Ljubljana\
  \ bypass along section 0090 (Celov\u0161ka - Koseze) is located in the area with\
  \ the highest population density, the study envisaged various scenarios, the common\
  \ denominator of which is the banning of heavy goods traffic over 7.5 t on the bypass\
  \ and the limitation of driving speeds at night on the northern and western bypasses\
  \ to 80/80 km/h.\nThe assessment was based on traffic data for specific periods\
  \ of the day in 2011, taking into account the vehicle category, speed limits, traffic\
  \ flow type and the characteristics of the pavement structure in terms of gradient\
  \ and wearing course. All the elements affecting noise propagation were taken into\
  \ account, namely the topological roughness of the terrain as well as the absorption\
  \ properties of the soil and built structures with their characteristics and the\
  \ prevailing meteorological conditions.\nBased on the examination of the different\
  \ scenarios, it was concluded that a ban on transit heavy loads on the Ljubljana\
  \ Northern Bypass, or their diversion to the Ljubljana Southern and Eastern Bypasses,\
  \ and a night-time speed limit of 80km/h on the Northern and Western Bypasses would\
  \ have a positive impact on the noise level in the northern part of the city, and\
  \ the noise level in the eastern part of the city, would result in a reduction of\
  \ noise levels on the northern and western Ljubljana ring roads, i.e. noise levels\
  \ would be reduced by about 4 dBA at night, while the implementation of the measure\
  \ would result in higher environmental noise nuisance or a worsening of the existing\
  \ situation on the southern and eastern ring roads. If all the above measures were\
  \ implemented, the additional speed limit of 100/80 km/h at night would improve\
  \ the situation on the southern and eastern bypass to a level comparable to the\
  \ baseline.\nAs we consider the proposal acceptable for further consideration, the\
  \ Ministry of the Environment and Spatial Planning intends to take into account\
  \ the proposed solutions when preparing the Operational Programme for Noise Protection\
  \ for the Urban Area of the Municipality of Ljubljana or when implementing it, in\
  \ order to improve the quality of life of the residents who are daily more and more\
  \ burdened by traffic noise emissions.\n \n \nClarification on the implementation\
  \ of the proposal (29.6.2018)\nAs an EU Member State, the Republic of Slovenia is\
  \ obliged to comply with Directive 2002/49/EC on the assessment and management of\
  \ environmental noise (hereinafter: the Directive), which requires Member States\
  \ to draw up strategic noise maps in regular cycles, to inform the public about\
  \ them, to report to the European Commission and, on their basis, to draw up and\
  \ implement Noise Action Plans (or Operational Noise Protection Programmes).\nIn\
  \ March 2018, the Government of the Republic of Slovenia adopted the Operational\
  \ Programme for Noise Protection (OPNP) to improve the quality of life of people\
  \ living in areas close to the busiest railway lines and roads in terms of environmental\
  \ noise pollution. The OPH addresses areas in the vicinity of railway lines with\
  \ more than 30 000 train movements per year, in the vicinity of motorways and expressways\
  \ and main and regional roads with more than three million vehicle movements per\
  \ year, as well as settlement areas with more than 100 000 inhabitants - i.e. the\
  \ settlement area of the Municipality of Ljubljana and the settlement area of the\
  \ urban development plan of the city of Maribor.\nFor the above mentioned areas,\
  \ the results of the (most recent) strategic noise mapping are presented in the\
  \ OPH, which are otherwise obligatory for the competent operators to produce at\
  \ regular five-yearly intervals. The strategic maps produced in 2013 and 2014 are\
  \ the basis for the identification of the existing noise situation and for the planning\
  \ of measures in the currently applicable OPH. Based on the assessment of the noise\
  \ nuisance to inhabitants, dwellings and buildings, the measures to reduce the noise\
  \ nuisance to inhabitants and surfaces are also set out in the OPH. Chapter 4 of\
  \ the OPH is devoted exclusively to the assessment of the situation and the planning\
  \ of noise abatement measures for the area of the Municipality of Ljubljana.\nThe\
  \ total length of all the roads under consideration in the area of the City of Ljubljana\
  \ is 353 km. For the purpose of noise assessment, 71 km of the motorway and expressway\
  \ network managed by DARS, d.d., 72 km of the main and regional national roads managed\
  \ by DRSI and 234 km of local roads managed by the Municipality of Ljubljana were\
  \ included in the strategic noise map.\nThe results of the strategic noise maps\
  \ showed that 42 250 inhabitants living in the territory of the Municipality of\
  \ Ljubljana are exposed to noise levels above the noise limit values due to road\
  \ traffic during the whole day (Ldvn indicator) and 36 500 inhabitants are exposed\
  \ to noise levels above the noise limit values due to road traffic during the night\
  \ (Lno\u010D indicator).\nThere has been no comprehensive and exclusively noise-protection-oriented\
  \ programme of measures in the area of the City of Ljubljana in the past. Nevertheless,\
  \ several measures have been implemented by individual noise source operators in\
  \ the city area which have had a direct or indirect impact on noise pollution. The\
  \ following summarises the measures that relate exclusively to the motorway and\
  \ expressway network managed by DARS d.d., while the content of other measures under\
  \ the responsibility of the Municipality of Ljubljana and other operators can be\
  \ found in the OPH, in subsection 4.5 Noise protection measures implemented.\nDARS\
  \ d.d. manages 18 road sections in the area of the City of Ljubljana. A total of\
  \ 61 noise barriers covering 17 km, 39 earth embankments covering 9.5 km and approximately\
  \ 20 km of concrete safety barriers have been installed on all sections. Passive\
  \ protection was also implemented on 26 residential properties along the road network,\
  \ with the largest amount on the Zadobrova-Zalo\u0161ka section.\nThe following\
  \ noise protection measures were also implemented on the motorway and expressway\
  \ network under consideration within the city of Ljubljana in the period following\
  \ the production of the strategic noise map, from 2013 to 2018:\n on the northern\
  \ bypass of the section HC-H3 0089/0689- Ljubljana (Dunajska-Celov\u0161ka), replacement,\
  \ raising and extension of the noise barrier; and on the entire northern bypass,\
  \ banning of heavy goods vehicle transit traffic at night (22:00-6:00).\nThese measures\
  \ have not been included in the noise calculation model and their effects do not\
  \ affect the population estimates presented.\nWe clarify that the noise source operators\
  \ are currently in the process of producing operational noise monitoring based on\
  \ 2016 reference traffic data. The Ministry, in cooperation with the Ministry responsible\
  \ for Transport, the Ministry responsible for Health and the administrations of\
  \ the Municipalities of Ljubljana and Maribor, will start the revision of the OAD,\
  \ inter alia: the assessment of the noise nuisance of the population and surfaces,\
  \ the identification of the congested areas and the envisaged noise abatement measures,\
  \ once the noise source operators have fulfilled their obligations and have submitted\
  \ the operational noise monitoring reports, on which the Ministry draws up the strategic\
  \ noise maps and which are the starting point for the revision of the OAD.\nWe consider\
  \ that the proposal is taken into account by the traffic calming measures already\
  \ implemented, the construction of noise barriers, and the planned revision of the\
  \ Operational Programme for Noise Protection referred to in the previous paragraph."
response date: 2015-07-29
response due date: null
sent date: 2015-06-01
title: Measures to reduce noise and emissions in the Ljubljana North Bypass area
upvotes: 13
url: https://predlagam.vladi.si/predlog/6772
