Why does this matter anyway? It is only a bit of noise!
A:
The World Health Organisation (WHO) has undertaken a detailed review of all the studies on the health impacts of transport noise. In short, it found a 5 to 10% increase in Heart Attacks and High Blood Pressure. They recommended that the night time noise be kept below 44dB ( Waverton - Wollstonecraft is around 68dB - over 250 times higher!), so the 10% impact on health is probably also higher.
At a less severe level of consequence, the data from WHO suggest that more than 35% of the local population would experience annoyance and sleep disturbance at the current noise levels.
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