Of course modifications to house will be necessary ata site like this and they come at a significant cost tothe developer and home buyer.The modifications Iam about to outline will add about $25,000 to theprice of a newty-built house.That will still mean acheaper house than in a less noisy and moredesirable area.
A bit of background would not go astray.Iunderstand that you are all familiar with theproposed development site at Manchester Park.
It's particularly difficult one in terms of noise with thehighway along the eastern perimeter and the Blacktown airport not 3 kilometres away to thenorth.
Of course,those nearest the highway will be the worst hit,with heavy traffic noise as well as thenoise from the light planes overhead.As you all know,the normal noise threshold for privatehousing is 55 decibels.At this site the levels have been recorded s high as 67 decibels.