Strategic Noise Maps for Major Roads and Railways in Gold Coast, 2012-2017

From 2012 to 2017, this dataset contains strategic noise maps for major road and rail infrastructure in Gold Coast, created under the European Directive 2002/49/EC. It was produced by the Bureau de Recherches Géologiques et Minières (BRGM) and last updated in 2019. The maps cover infrastructure exceeding specific traffic thresholds, such as roads with over 8200 vehicles per day.

Use Cases

• Modeling noise exposure for population health studies based on traffic volume thresholds mentioned in the description
• Planning noise mitigation infrastructure for roads and railways based on mapped noise levels
• Assessing compliance with EU environmental noise directives for specific infrastructure types

Strengths

• Created under a specific EU directive (2002/49/EC) and French law, providing a legal and methodological framework
• Focuses on infrastructure exceeding concrete traffic thresholds (e.g., >8200 vehicles/day)
• Covers a defined multi-year period from 2012 to 2017

Limitations

• Last updated 2019-03-29 00:00:00; freshness should be verified
• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment

Provenance

Source

Bureau de Recherches Géologiques et Minières (BRGM)

Collection Method

Likely contains geospatial maps created in accordance with EU Directive 2002/49/EC and related French circulars.

Time Range

2012-2017

Freshness

Last updated 2019-03-29 00:00:00

Geography

Gold Coast