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Originally Posted by cometcatcher
My house has been subject to ever increasing traffic over the years, especially since they put a new road through. Now they are building a roundabout right next to my house. This will be wonderful for astronomy with extra lights and cars... NOT!!! So in desperation I've decided to plant a hedge to try and keep the lights out, without keeping the stars out. During my travels trying to find out hedge information I found this funny site. http://www.hellohello.com.au/begone.html ( I hope I can post links?) This bloke reckons his hedge is so thick he can run around inside it naked with complete privacy!
Anyway I'm gunna give a hedge a try, using slightly different trees but the same techniques. Just high enough so the traffic be gone but not so high that the stars be gone! The lights will still light up the sky though. Not much I can do about that, except move.
Maybe 1Ponders can give me a few planting tips, hint hint.  |
cometcatcher,
write a letter to the council spruking about the effects of the lighting design at the roundabout and request the council to adhere to AS4282-1997 (outdoor lighting) and Austroads part 12 (Roadway lighting) and have the lighting designed to not intrude onto your property, by having energy efficient lighting design undertaken (save them some long term operating costs) complete with cutoffs, directional lighting. The aboreal screen would only be good for direct light and headlights, the diffuse light surrounding the lighting source can't be helped much but it can be certainly reduced considerably and directed to where it is needed. also requesting that a suitable sodium lamp be used you can use a LPR filter that may help in the long term. Failing that make a slingshot and buy some sinkers
