Designation of transport noise corridor—transport chief executive
246Z Designation of transport noise corridor—transport chief executive
The transport chief executive may, by gazette notice, designate land as a transport noise corridor.
The transport chief executive may designate land under subsection (1) only if the land is within—
100m of railway land or a State-controlled road; or
a distance of more than 100m but not more than 250m of railway land or a State-controlled road, if the noise level caused by—
rolling stock operating on the railway land at the distance has been measured, in a way approved by the chief executive, to be at least 70db(A); or
traffic on the State-controlled road at the distance has been measured, in a way approved by the chief executive, to be at least 58db(A).
If the transport chief executive designates land under this section, the land must be—
identified specifically in the gazette notice; or
identified generally in the gazette notice, and identified specifically in documents described in the gazette notice and available for inspection at an office of the department mentioned in the gazette notice.
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