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A sample survey of schools indicates that a
total of some 10,000 classrooms and special
rooms might require treatment of one kind or
another. The full cost of this treatment
would be of the order of $240m with a
recurrent cost (in respect of
air-conditioning) of around $50m per annum.
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Quite clearly, a very substantial programme
would be required if noise is to be reduced
to desirable levels in all schools currently
affected. It is, however, possible to
establish orders of priority and to provide
assistance to the most seriously-affected
schools first. This is indeed the approach
endorsed by the Board of Education and the
Education Commission.
An agenda item paper will be submitted to
the Finance Committee of this Council in the
near future advising members of the results
of the study and seeking approval to bring
forward more specific proposals dealing
initially with those worst-affected schools.