Mount Majura Solar Farm - the National Capital Authority

Receiver 4 – Girl Guides - 900m to the south westTruck and car traffic on Majura Rd would increase marginally during the construction period. However, giventhe setbacks of local rural properties from the road, the marginal increase in traffic and the temporary andtransient nature of the traffic noise emissions, these impacts are not expected to be significant.Sources of construction noise emitted from the subject site during construction and decommissioninginclude use of on-site machinery, vehicle movements and other construction-related activities. Given thatConstruction works are anticipated to take only approximately 3 months to complete, the use of heavymachinery would be sporadic during this period and the Proponent will adhere to standard work hours forconstruction activities to minimise potential noise impacts, it is not anticipated that noise impacts from theconstruction on nearby sensitive receivers will be undue or significant. The Proponent would also apply arange of mitigation measures where necessary and liaise with local landholders to minimise noise impacts.Operation noise issues would involve light vehicle traffic accessing the site from Majura Road occasionally,and infrequent truck visits for maintenance purposes as required. Given the setbacks of local ruralproperties from the road, the very sporadic vehicle movements the operational phase would require and thetemporary and transient nature of the traffic noise emissions, these impacts are considered negligible.The operation of the solar farm infrastructure would not produce any significant noise emissions. Connectionof the Proposed Works to the local distribution network via the new kiosk transformer will produce negligiblenoise due to both the low level of power generated at the site and the use of a transformer and kiosk (metalenclosure) designed specifically for low-sound operation and used extensively currently in urban and ruralenvironments. Solar PV modules operate without moving parts and without sound. If implemented, thetracking system will move the solar PV modules to face the sun incrementally over the course of a day. Thistracking technology does have moving parts but it operates virtually silently due to its slow movement.Despite widespread installation globally, there are no known incidences of noise issues arising from solarPV facilities.Generally, potential noise impacts from the Proposed Works during both construction and operations areconsidered marginal and readily manageable.60Mount Majura Solar Farm – Works Approval Submission