City of Hamilton and Metrolinx Hamilton Light Rail Transit (LRT) Environmental Project Report (EPR) Addendum APPENDIX C: TECHNICAL SUPPORTING DOCUMENTS APPENDIX C-9: NOISE AND VIBRATION REPORT PART 1/1 J.E. COULTER ASSOCIATED LIMITED TABLE OF CONTENTS 1.0 INTRODUCTION AND BACKGROUND ............................................................................. 1 1.1 Description of Changes.................................................................................................... 1 1.2 Comparison of Changes .................................................................................................. 2 2.0 NOISE AND VIBRATION IMPACT CRITERIA.................................................................... 4 2.1 Definition of Sensitive Receptors ..................................................................................... 4 2.2 Noise Impact Criteria........................................................................................................ 4 2.3 Vibration Impact Criteria................................................................................................... 5 3.0 SCOPE OF ASSESSMENT................................................................................................. 6 3.1 Light Rail Vehicles and Vehicular Traffic ......................................................................... 6 3.3 Operations, Maintenance, and Storage Facility .............................................................. 6 3.4 Power Substations ........................................................................................................... 7 4.0 BUS TERMINAL NOISE ASSESSMENT ............................................................................ 7 4.1 McMaster Bus Terminal ................................................................................................... 8 4.1.1 Noise Sensitive Receptors and Criteria.................................................................... 8 4.1.2 Summary of Recommendations ............................................................................. 10 4.2 MacNab Bus Terminal.................................................................................................... 10 4.2.1 Noise Sensitive Receptors and Criteria.................................................................. 10 4.2.3 Summary of Recommendations ............................................................................. 12 4.3 Queenston Bus Terminal ............................................................................................... 12 4.3.1 Noise Sensitive Receptors and Criteria.................................................................. 13 4.3.2 Predicted Sound Levels .......................................................................................... 15 4.3.3 Summary of Recommendations ............................................................................. 16 4.4 Bus Terminal Assessment Summary............................................................................. 16 5.0 OPERATIONS, MAINTENANCE, AND STORAGE FACILITY ASSESSMENT ............... 17 5.1 OMSF Noise Assessment .............................................................................................. 17 5.1.1 Facility Description and Operations........................................................................ 18 5.1.2 Facility Noise Sources ............................................................................................ 20 5.1.3 Facility Operations .................................................................................................. 21 5.1.4 Nearby Receptors and Criteria ............................................................................... 22 5.1.5 Predicted OMSF Sound Levels .............................................................................. 23 5.1.6 OMSF Noise Control Measures.............................................................................. 24 5.2 OMSF Vibration Assessment ......................................................................................... 25 5.2.1 Vibration Receptors ................................................................................................ 25 5.2.2 Approach to Vibration Assessment ........................................................................ 26 5.2.3 Criteria for Sensitive Equipment ............................................................................. 27 5.2.4 Predicted Vibration Levels ...................................................................................... 28 J.E. COULTER ASSOCIATED LIMITED 5.2.5 Summary and Recommendations .......................................................................... 29 6.0 OPERATIONal LRV NOISE AND VIBRATION ASSESSMENT ....................................... 30 6.1 Operational Noise Assessment...................................................................................... 30 6.1.1 Traffic Volumes ....................................................................................................... 31 6.1.2 Predicted Sound Levels .......................................................................................... 31 6.1.3 Recommendations .................................................................................................. 32 6.2 Operational Vibration Assessment ................................................................................ 32 6.2.1 Vibration Receptors and Assessment .................................................................... 32 6.2.2 Recommendations .................................................................................................. 33 7.0 CONSTRUCTION NOISE AND VIBRATION .................................................................... 33 7.1 Identification of Noise and Vibration Sensitive Receptors............................................. 33 7.2 General Construction Requirements ............................................................................. 33 7.3 Construction Scheduling Restrictions ............................................................................ 36 7.4 Construction Vibration Limits ......................................................................................... 36 7.5 Nature of Construction Impacts ..................................................................................... 37 7.6 Construction Noise and Vibration Recommendations................................................... 37 LIST OF TABLES Table 1: Effects of Changes to Project ........................................................................................... 3 Table 2: Bus Terminal Volumes ..................................................................................................... 7 Table 3: Receptors Near McMaster Bus Terminal ......................................................................... 9 Table 4: McMaster Bus Terminal Ambient (Guideline) Sound Levels ........................................... 9 Table 5: Receptors Near MacNab Bus Terminal ......................................................................... 11 Table 6: MacNab Terminal Ambient (Guideline) Sound Levels ................................................... 11 Table 7: Receptors Near Queenston Bus Terminal ..................................................................... 13 Table 8: Queenston Bus Terminal Ambient (Guideline) Sound Levels ....................................... 14 Table 9: Predicted Sound Levels from Queenston Bus Terminal................................................ 15 Table 10: OMSF Equipment Quantities and Sound Levels ......................................................... 20 Table 11: OMSF LRV Movements................................................................................................ 21 Table 12: Traction Power Substation Equipment and Sound Levels .......................................... 22 Table 13: OMSF Sensitive Receptors .......................................................................................... 23 Table 14: Predicted OMSF Sound Levels .................................................................................... 24 Table 15: OMSF Noise Control Measures ................................................................................... 24 Table 16: Measured Vibration Levels ........................................................................................... 26 Table 17: Typical Rail Transit Vibration Levels from FTA Guide ................................................. 26 Table 18: Adjusted Typical FTA Transit Vibration Levels ............................................................ 27 Table 19: Vibration Limits from Generic Vibration Criteria for Vibration-Sensitive Equipment ... 27 Table 20: Predicted OMSF Vibration Levels from Tangent Track ............................................... 28 Table 21: Predicted OMSF Vibration Levels from Special Trackwork......................................... 28 Table 22: Future Traffic Volumes ................................................................................................. 31 Table 23: Predicted Operation LRT Sound Levels ...................................................................... 31 Table 24: Construction Equipment Sound Level Restrictions...................................................... 34 Table 25: City of Toronto Prohibited Vibration Levels from By-law 514-2008............................. 36 Table 26: FTA Construction Vibration Limits................................................................................ 36 J.E. 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