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Danish Traffic Noise Strategy Brian Kristensen Danish EPA Danish Ministry of the Environment

Danish Traffic Noise Strategy Brian Kristensen Danish EPA Danish Ministry of the Environment. Outline. Background Putting a price on noise Results from Cost-benefit analysis Who is going to invest in noise reductions? Multi-stakeholder approach Conclusions. Conclusions.

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Danish Traffic Noise Strategy Brian Kristensen Danish EPA Danish Ministry of the Environment

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  1. Danish Traffic Noise StrategyBrian KristensenDanish EPADanish Ministry of the Environment

  2. Outline • Background • Putting a price on noise • Results from Cost-benefit analysis • Who is going to invest in noise reductions? • Multi-stakeholder approach • Conclusions

  3. Conclusions • 1/3 of all dwellings are affected • The challenge is on municipal roads • Put a price on noise! • It pays to reduce noise • Noise partnerships • Find new partners ”outside the noise world” • Multistakeholder-approach

  4. Background • Problem stabilized but not at all solved in Denmark • 1/3 of all dwellings affected • National Noise Strategy launched in 2003 • Evaluated in 2010 • The big challenge is on municipal roads • Use of thin-layer asphalt and lower speed limits in cities • AP gives added value

  5. Putting a price on noise • 2003: Annually 200-500 premature deaths in DK due to noise • Annoyance valued by a study of house prices • Price on noise: annoyance + health effects

  6. Costs and benefits in a Danish context • Which are the most cost-effective tools? • Gains come from a rise in house prices and less sickness/death • Most tools give a positive socio-economic result • It pays to reduce noise! • Next step: price for quiet areas, cyclists, pedestrians.

  7. Cost-benefit results – theoretical calculations

  8. Who is going to invest? • The local authorities have to find investments • The state will pay extra on state roads • Financial noise partnerships between municipalities and homeowners? • New partners?

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  10. Conclusions • Potential in next generation AP • Put a price on noise • It pays to reduce noise! • Noise partnerships – co-finansing • Find new partners ”outside the noise world”. • Multistakeholder-approach. • Communication, communication and more communication

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