Tim Snell wrote:

Clive Mitchell wrote:


On a more serious note, a water feature could help raise ambient noise
levels in a pleasing manner and make the traffic noise less of a
nuisance.


Yes that is a good idea, especially if it s close to seating etc.

You have no concept of the noise that comes from a road.

I live in an area that has an old motorway to our left (the first in
England) a slightly newer one that joins up to it, at our right and an
almost brand spanking new one that crosses the pair of them.

Old one is only audible on the quietest summer night. The next newer one
is audible on any quiet night and even during a quiet day and the new
boy on the block makes our back garden unavailable outside the hours of
0700 hrs to about 2200 hrs for a conversation above about 10 to 15 foot.

I complained to our MP about the noise and suggested that the use of
quiet tarmac would reduce the noise by several decibels. He passed this
on to the relevant authority, who wrote back and said that as the
surface of the road was good, any resurfacing was not on the immediate
agenda and that I had several tall trees between me and the motorway
closest to us to prevent any noise from disturbing us.

I don't know where these trees are, but I can see the bridge that the
motorway takes over a feeder road to it and all it has is a plastic
panel on it. Estimated height about 6 foot.

So why can I hear all three motorways day and night?

Dave