I’m just digesting the port noise FAQs that have been put up on the Ipswich Council website. They’re not easy to find, so here’s a direct link (they are in PDF format, so you’ll have to have Adobe Acrobat).
I’m digesting them now, but here’s something that caught my eye:
Q What has Southern Cement done to try to reduce the noise?
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Acoustic curtain – unsuccessful, no noticeable improvement.
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Alternative machine – unsuccessful/similar noise would be emitted.
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Silencer on outlet – unsuccessful but new design to be fitted by end of November
2009.
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Increased insulation inside machine housing – effect unknown.
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Increase in routine maintenance/replacement of seals and cleaning of acoustic door
linings – effect unknown.
The following trials have been carried out:
Now the obvious question is why isn’t Southern Cement letting people know? If it did that it wouldn’t be so unpopular. And surely ABP Ipswich, who are going to suffer from this unpopularity and distrust for years to come, could be telling people.
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