Noise Map for Road Infrastructure in Pyrenees-Atlantiques Department

Pyrenees-Atlantiques department in France provides noise-affected sector maps for road land transport infrastructure, as part of national noise control policy. The maps were prepared by competent State services and issued by the Prefect, based on a 2018 prefectural decree for roads with annual traffic exceeding 3 million vehicles. Data was last updated on December 4, 2020.

Use Cases

• Identify noise-affected sectors for enhanced building insulation requirements based on the noise classification policy.
• Analyze the spatial extent of noise impact along road corridors based on sector widths defined by decree.
• Support land-use planning decisions by mapping areas where noise from land transport infrastructure is a significant factor.
• Monitor compliance with national noise control legislation (Law No 92-1444) at a departmental level.

Strengths

• Maps are based on official prefectural decrees and national law, providing a regulatory foundation.
• The description specifies a concrete traffic threshold (more than 3 million vehicles annually) for road selection.
• Sector widths are defined by a specific decree (Decree of 30 May 1996, Article 4), ranging from 10 to 300 meters.

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Last updated 2020-12-04 00:00:00; freshness should be verified.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.

Provenance

Source

BUREAU DE RECHERCHES GÉOLOGIQUES ET MINIÈRES

Collection Method

Prepared by competent State services and issued by the Prefect as part of noise classification procedures.

Freshness

Last updated 2020-12-04 00:00:00

Geography

Pyrenees-Atlantiques department, France