Noise mapping and Action Plan realization within LIFE+ “NADIA” project

NADIA (Noise Abatement Demonstrative and Innovative Actions and information to the public, LIFE 2009 ENV/IT/000102) is a project funded by the European Commission Directorate General "Environment" as part of the announcement Life + 2009 dealing mainly with the topic of road traffic noise. Detailed information on the project can be found on the project website [1] and in [2, 3]. The areas analysed in the project are 5 roads managed by the Provinces of Genova, 3 managed by the Province of Savona and parts of the agglomerations of Prato and Vicenza. Due to their traffic volume (for roads: higher than 3 million vehicles/year) or number of inhabitants (for agglomerations: higher than 100.000), the European Directive 2002/49/EC [4], implemented in Italy by the Legislative Decree n°194/2005 [5], imposes the realization of Strategic Noise Maps and Noise Action Plans for each of the considered areas. During Action n°2 of the project, data were collected for the realization of noise maps and the evaluation of the indicator “population exposed to noise” of the considered roads/agglomerations. Noise mapping activities were performed in Action n°3. The results of these activities are reported respectively in the Deliverable 1 and 3 of the project, available on the NADIA project website [1]. The results of the noise simulations are now being used for the realization of Noise Action Plans (Action n°4). The paper reports the methodology that is being developed for their realization in the framework of the NADIA project