Criticism of New Noise Regulations for Air Traffic at Schiphol: ‘Health of Local Residents Not Protected’
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It remains unclear to what extent residents living near Schiphol Airport are protected against noise. “But there is also a lack of a better analysis of the...
Algemeen Dagblad
The health of residents living near Schiphol is insufficiently protected in the cabinet's plans to limit noise pollution and air traffic around Schiphol. This is the conclusion of the independent Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) Commission. According to this compelling advice, the plans must be scrapped.
People living near Schiphol are not sufficiently protected. That is the conclusion of the independent Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) Commission. It examined the cabinet's new rules for air traffic around Schiphol, the so-called Airport Traffic Decree for 2026. That decree contains rules regarding the maximum permitted noise levels for the entire airport and the Schiphol area. There are also rules concerning safety, the use of runways, and…
With a new decree, the cabinet aims to strengthen the legal basis for Schiphol and protect local residents from nuisance. The new rules offer "considerable leeway to aviation" and the negative consequences for noise pollution and nitrogen have been underestimated, an independent commission concludes.
New rules from the cabinet regarding air traffic to and from Schiphol have such significant shortcomings that it is uncertain whether local residents will be adequately protected. This is the conclusion reached by the Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) Commission on Friday in an advisory report to the cabinet. The commission even states that the report should be revised.
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