Public Consultation: Noise Action Plan for Malta

The NAP is planned to:

(i)     Provide an overview of the requirements and obligations of the national regulations transposing the END, the Assessment and Management of Environment Noise Regulations (S.L. 549.37);

(ii)             Present a summary of the results of the round 3 strategic noise maps within Malta;

(iii)           Present actions, which ERA intends to take in the next five years.

The NAP has the following objectives:

a.     To outline a long-term plan aiming to avoid, prevent and reduce environmental noise, where necessary, and particularly where exposure levels can induce harmful effects on human health and preserving environmental noise quality where it is good.

b.     To set out objectives for the monitoring and management of environmental noise in Malta.

c.     To take a staged approach on a prioritised basis due to long-term exposure to environmental noise, in assessing the existing levels of environmental noise from the different noise sources to identify potential locations for actions.

d.    To preserve relatively quiet areas in the agglomeration and in open countryside through the identification and delineation of such areas.​