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The Noise Control Manual has a section on motorboat noise measurement (Section 11). It does not currently have any section on motorsports noise measurement. The motorboat noise measurement section specifies maximum noise levels at 30 metres.
The Noise Control Manual had a section on motorsports noise measurement for a short period. This section was introduced for a trial period and it specified a trackside maximum noise level at 30 metres. Noise measurements taken at the Ridgeway during this trial period showed. that certain tracks at Fairbairn Park generated noise levels in the range of 15 dB(A) to 18 dB(A) above background at affected premises even though they met the trackside maximum noise level specified in the Noise Control Manual. It was therefore considered that the section on motorsports noise measurement resulted in a conflict between the Act and the Noise Control Manual. As the Noise Control Manual is subsidiary to the Act and does not take precedence over the provisions of the Act, the section on motorsports noise measurement was subsequently removed from the Noise Control Manual.
(3) (a)There are a number of tracks. at Fairbairn
Park. The one which is nearest to houses is
the Formula 500 Circuit. The distance between
this track and Oaks Estate is 1168.8 metres.
The distance between the track at Sutton Park and the nearest housing (at the Ridgeway) is 1583.9 metres.
(b) The distance between the area used for
motorboat sports on the Molonglo River and the
nearest housing is approximately 200 metres.
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