Noise Action Plan 2024-2028

This Noise Action Plan has been prepared by Kerry County Council to address environmental noise from major roads with more than three million vehicles per annum.

Kerry County Council is the Environmental Noise “Action Planning Authority” for Kerry, and it is a statutory function (in relation to environmental protection for the purposes of Section 63 of the Environmental Protection Agency Act 1992) for the Council to provide a Noise Action Plan in consultation with the EPA and the noise mapping bodies.

This is a four-year strategic plan where the main purpose is to inform and consult on the health effects of noise exposure from road sources and the measures that may be considered to address this issue in Co. Kerry. The plan excludes noise from domestic activities, noise created by neighbours, noise at workplaces or noise inside a means of transport or due to military activities in military areas.

This is the fourth round of Noise Action Planning, and this Noise Action Plan (2024-2028) and has been completed in line with the Environmental Noise Directive (“END”) (2002/49/EC) and the EPA requirements.

To view the plan please visit https://www.kerrycoco.ie/noise-action-plan-2024-2028/