Newham has backed plans to expand London City Airport. yes again!
The airport want to deck over the Royal Albert Dock. They want to build
over it. They want to expand the runway area and build aircraft stands.
They can want to accommodate bigger planes and fly up to 45 an hour.
Building over the docks is a land grab. The planned works are noisy, as
they involve piling. They don't want to shut the airport during the day
time as it would hurt their profits, but instead want to do these works are
night. I feel frustrated at Newham Council for agreeing to such a plan.
They give no regards to residents.
The LCACC minutes October 2014 state : "night time piling works have been
reduced (in line with Gary’s update) to 19 weeks for Phase 1 following a 2
year respite and 12 weeks for Phase 2." [1]
How can it be fair for people to endure aircraft noise during the day
time/evening and then face sleep deprivation during the night / evening.
The CIA limit sleep deprivation to 180hours, but Newham Council think 19
weeks of sleep deprivation is acceptable?
I have tried to find further information and get a better understanding,
but these planning documents are written in technical jargon. Can anyone
explain it to me in plain English?.
It just seems the London City Airport and Newham Council are hiding the
truth behind jargon....
Can anyone make sense of this:
Extract from Newham Officers report :
"2.5.37 The assessment of construction noise has been based on the
methodologies outlined in BS5228:2009+A1:2014, which is considered to be
appropriate. Appendix 8.16 identifies a SOAEL level for daytime as 75 dB
LAeq,10h and 55 dB LAeq,15min for night time. The ES identifies that the 15
minute averaging period is more stringent that recommended in the British
Standard guidance. Officers recognise this to be the case but consider it
to be appropriate given the extended duration of OOOH working required for
this application. Daytime construction noise and OOOH noise have been
assessed separately. The assessment of construction vibration has been
based on the methodologies outlined in BS5228:2009+A1:2014 which is
considered to be appropriate."[2]
Source:
[1] LCACC - http://www.lcacc.org/committee/oct14mins.pdf
[2] Newham Council -
https://mgov.newham.gov.uk/ieListDocuments.aspx?CId=1224&MId=10678&Ver=4