Commentaries: Art. 20

The FOEN¹shall enquire regularly of the enforcement authorities as to the status of the improvements and the noise protection measures, in particular concerning roads, railway installations, aerodromes, shooting ranges and military shooting ranges and training areas.
For roads, the enforcement authorities must provide the following documents in particular by 31 March each year: a summary of: 1. the roads or sections of road requiring improvements, 2. the time frame within which these roads and sections of road will be improved, 3. the total costs of these improvements and noise protection measures, and 4. the number of persons exposed to noise levels above the impact thresholds and alarm values; b. a report on: 1. the improvements made to roads and sections of road, and the soundproofing measures implemented in the previous year, and 2. the effectiveness and the costs of these improvements and noise protection measures.
For national roads, it shall obtain the information under Paragraph 2 from the Federal Roads Office. For trunk roads and other roads it shall obtain this information from the cantons. The information must be submitted in accordance with the requirements of the FOEN.
The FOEN shall assess the information in particular in relation to the progress made with improvements and the costs and effectiveness of the measures. It shall inform the enforcement authorities of the results and publishes them.

Name in accordance with No I of the O of 29 Sept. 2023, in force since 1 Nov. 2023 (AS 2023 582). This amendment has been made throughout the text. ↩

Art. 20