Hagley Park noise

Press, 19 April 1985, Page 10

Hagley Park noise

Sir,—While( commend the e of Hagley Pari for events such; the recent ice kating shows, I f. to see why neaby residents shou be subjected b the intolerab noise which seeds to come from i Amplified mux which pan b heard at a distance of one or mor kilometres, and vhich continues fo. several hours, urely rates as t public nuisance;. When the City Council gives permission for the use of the park, strely it sets limits to noise levels onsidered acceptable. If so, is ation taken when such levels are exceeded — or are the noise levels mmitored at all? If no limits are set for such events then it is high tine they were.— Yours, etc., MARGARET COTTLE. March 25, 1985. [The acting Qneral Manager and Town Clerk, Mr C. S. Laurie, replies: “In most cases of outside entertainment, node level criteria are set and mmitored by the council. Where no imits are set the provisions of the Jk>ise Control Act 1982 are used, and a Noise Control Officer would the; be required to determine whether noise levels were reasonable ir not. On the occasion of the ite skating, five complaints were received by the City Health DepirtmenL Noise levels were modtored at the boundary of the jark, and were within the criteria laid down.”]