ANALYSIS OF NOISE LEVEL DUE TO VEHICLE TRAFFIC ACTIVITIES ON THE KAMIZAUN ROAD SECTION, MERAUKE

Noisy is a sound that disturbs the comfort of the community. Variable sources of noise can come from humans, household appliances, machinery, other activities both inside and outside the room, land, sea and air transportation vehicles. Noisy originating from land transportation activities, one of which comes from motorized vehicles that cross the road. Noise is generated by the sound of a vehicle engine, friction between the wheel and the road surface, horn sound, vehicle speed and driver behavior. Communities are sometimes less aware of the impact caused by noise due to traffic activities. Health can be disrupted, one of them is hearing loss. It is not realized that in fact other than residential areas there are public facilities around the road which are harmed by the noise source, namely the education area. Kamizaun Road is a road that is in the use of educational land. Traffic activity on Jalan Kamizaun certainly has an influence on students and students who are undergoing the learning process. When the teaching and learning process takes place students, students, teachers and lecturers need peace. Kamizaun Street is also not far from Merauke Mopah Airport. When air traffic activities start operating in the morning, the sound produced by airplanes is quite disturbing in the classroom. This type of research is quantitative descriptive. This study measures how much noise levels occur as a result of traffic activities of motorbikes, light vehicles and heavy vehicles. In addition it also measures the speed of the vehicle which affects the noise level. The results showed that the traffic volume on Jalan Kamizaun during the morning, afternoon and evening peak hours was 1356 vehicles, 1308 vehicles and 1602 vehicles, respectively. The highest vehicle speed is 30.3 km / h and the lowest is 18 km / hr. The highest noise level is 78.3dB and the lowest is 65dB. The noise level value has exceeded the threshold value for the school area which is 55dB.