Council Approves Plan to Reduce Noise on Follin Lane
FBI's Terrorist Screening Center in Vienna will stop use of cooling fan system completely, construct new units by April.
Vienna residents who live in the neighborhoods surrounding Follin Lane will soon find their nights to be quieter than they have been in years. The Vienna Town Council approved a site revision Monday to the Terrorist Screening Center at 801 Follin Lane that will cease operation of its cooling fan system, a 23-unit, 230-fan force — each unit as big as a medium-sized conference room — that had wreaked havoc on those within earshot since September 2010. The center will replace the units with two 12-foot by 18-foot cooling towers, surrounded by a 22-foot-2 sound dampening screen that should keep residents from knowing when the fans are even turned on. The units, which will operate on a water-cooled system, will also be placed at the southeast …
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