Bronte GO MTSA: Area Specific Plan Appendix E: Pre-Feasibility Noise and Vibration Study Pre-Feasibility Noise and Vibration Study Bronte Go MTSA Oakville, Ontario Project #TPB196008 Sajecki Planning Prepared for: Sajecki Planning 777 Richmond Street West, Suite 2025, Toronto, Ontario, M6J 3N5 November 2020 Pre-Feasibility Noise and Vibration Study Bronte Go MTSA Oakville, Ontario Project #TPB196008 Sajecki Planning Prepared for: Sajecki Planning 777 Richmond Street West, Suite 2025, Toronto, Ontario, M6J 3N5 Prepared by: Wood Environment & Infrastructure Solutions a Division of Wood Canada Limited 2020 Winston Park Drive Suite 600 Oakville, Ontario L6H 6X7 Canada T: 905-568-2929 November 2, 2020 Copyright and non-disclosure notice The contents and layout of this report are subject to copyright owned by Wood (© Wood Environment & Infrastructure Solutions a Division of Wood Canada Limited) save to the extent that copyright has been legally assigned by us to another party or is used by Wood under license. 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TPB196008 Noise and Vibration Pre-Feasibility Study Bronte Go MTSA Table of Contents Page 1.0 Introduction .................................................................................................................................... 1 2.0 Project Area .................................................................................................................................... 1 3.0 Concept Areas ................................................................................................................................. 2 4.0 Applicable Guidelines ..................................................................................................................... 2 4.1 MECP NPC-300 .................................................................................................................................................... 2 4.2 Railway Proximity ................................................................................................................................................ 3 4.3 MECP Guideline D-6 .......................................................................................................................................... 3 5.0 Recommendations .......................................................................................................................... 4 5.1 Stationary Noise .................................................................................................................................................. 4 5.2 Road and Rail Traffic Noise ............................................................................................................................. 6 5.3 Rail Vibration......................................................................................................................................................... 8 6.0 Policy Recommendations .............................................................................................................. 9 7.0 Conclusion ....................................................................................................................................... 9 8.0 Closing ........................................................................................................................................... 10 9.0 References ..................................................................................................................................... 11 List of Tables Table 1: Industrial Sites with Possible Noise Impacts ............................................................................................................ 5 Table 2: Predicted Road and Rail Noise Setback Distances ................................................................................................ 6 Table 3: Predicted Rail Vibration Setback Distance ................................................................................................................ 8 List of Appendices Appendix A Glossary of Commonly Used Noise and Vibration Terminology Appendix B Project Study Area and Concept Maps Appendix C Zoning Map of Areas Surrounding Bronte GO Appendix D Road Traffic Data Appendix E GO Transit and VIA Rail Trip Schedules Project # TPB196008 | November 2020 Page i Noise and Vibration Pre-Feasibility Study Bronte Go MTSA 1.0 Introduction Wood Environment & Infrastructure Solutions, a Division of Wood Canada Limited (Wood) was retained by Sajecki Planning, on behalf of the Town of Oakville (the Town) to complete a Pre-Feasibility Noise and Vibration Study for the proposed Bronte GO Major Transit Station Area (MTSA). The Pre-Feasibility Noise and Vibration study is part of an encompassing Bronte GO MTSA Study, which is comprised of five phases, as identified in Item 3: Approach, Methodology and Work Plan of the proposal [1]: • Phase 1: Background Research, Baseline & Vision; • Phase 2: Scenario Development: Shaping the Bronte GO MTSA; • Phase 3: Evaluation of Scenarios; • Phase 4: Area Specific Plan: The Bronte GO MTSA; and • Phase 5: Enabling the Plan: Official Plan Amendments and Guidance. The pre-feasibility noise and vibration study is part of Phase 3: Evaluation Scenarios, which has a primary objective of selecting a preferred Land Use Scenario out of the two options presented thus far (as per the Concepts Diagram PDF document dated May 22, 2019 and included in Appendix B [2]). The scope of work for this pre-feasibility noise and vibration study includes the following tasks [1]: • Identifying existing sources of noise and vibrations within and surrounding the MTSA which may have the potential to impact new sensitive land uses; • Assessing existing sources in a high-level manner to establish the qualitative risk of significant impact. • Establishing influence areas for high, medium and low impacts for each source type; and • Identifying risks related to noise and vibration impacts. A glossary of commonly used noise and vibration terminology can be found in Appendix A. 2.0 Project Area Bronte GO Station (the Go Station) is located just south of the intersection of Highway 403 and Third Line in the Town of Oakville, the nearest intersection being South Service Road West and Wyecroft Road. The study area covers approximately an 800 m radius around the Go Station, and is shown in Appendix B. The GO Station is located approximately 6 km from Oakville’s downtown core. Within the study area, industrial areas surround Bronte GO in all directions. A major provincial road, Highway 403 is north of Bronte GO Station. Major roads within the study area include Speers Road, Wyecroft Road and Third Line. The rail line passing through the GO Station is shared by GO Transit, VIA Rail and the Canadian National (CN) Railway – specifically, the CN Oakville Subdivision. There are existing residential neighborhoods located on the south end of the study area. Project # TPB196008 | November 2020 Page 1 Noise and Vibration Pre-Feasibility Study Bronte Go MTSA Bronte GO is currently mainly surrounded by lands zoned as Employment Zones (By-law 2014-014) which include Office Employment (E1), Business Employment (E2), Industrial (E3) and Business Commercial (E4). Towards the south of the study area, the properties are mostly zoned as Residential Low (RL3-0). The rest of the areas are zoned as Natural Area (N), Parkway Belt Public Use (PB1) and Park (O1). A copy of the zoning map surrounding the Bronte GO area can be found in Appendix C. The MTSA project focuses on developing Mixed Use and Office Employment areas in existing Industrial and Employment zoned lands. Due to the close proximity of the proposed Mixed Use and Residential areas to major roads and rail lines, the following noise and vibration concerns are associated with the introduction of new sensitive land uses: • Road traffic noise impacts, predominantly from major streets with large traffic volumes; • Rail noise impacts from trains operated by GO Transit, CN Rail and VIA Rail; • Ground-borne vibration impacts from trains operated by GO Transit, CN and VIA Rail; and • Environmental noise impacts from the surrounding industrial facilities. 3.0 Concept Areas Two (2) concept land use options have been provided. Both land use options feature similar street networks designed