Rail tannoy is too loud
Angry Stafford residents have complained about a new public address system at Stafford railway station - with noise pollution officers set to investigate complaints. Angry Stafford residents have complained about a new public address system at Stafford railway station - with noise pollution officers set to investigate complaints. Mark Street, principal environmental health officer at Stafford Borough Council confirmed that the authority has received complaints . He said: "We had a couple of people contact us last week regarding a new public address system at the railway station which they say is too loud and we will be looking into it. "We will be investigating this in the same way we would look at any complaint of noise nuisance, by measuring how loud it is in peoples' homes. Read the full story in the Express & Star
Angry Stafford residents have complained about a new public address system at Stafford railway station - with noise pollution officers set to investigate complaints.
Mark Street, principal environmental health officer at Stafford Borough Council confirmed that the authority has received complaints .
He said: "We had a couple of people contact us last week regarding a new public address system at the railway station which they say is too loud and we will be looking into it.
"We will be investigating this in the same way we would look at any complaint of noise nuisance, by measuring how loud it is in peoples' homes.
"If we do consider it to be a nuisance then we will start talks with Network Rail to see what we can do about it.
"One of the problems with these types of system - rather than unclassified noise is that people are trained to listen for other voices, so it is a lot more intrusive and irritating."
The public address system is one of a number of improvements currently being introduced at Stafford railway station.
Hazel Moss, spokeswoman for Network Rail said "At present we have not received any complaints about the noise levels of the tannoy at Stafford station.
"However, Network Rail will be replacing the existing system with the latest 'ambient noise sensor' technology in the Spring.