Neighbors Fight for Walls to Block Toll Road Noise
MWAA said Shouse Village's noise level sits at 3 decibels short of qualifying for a sound wall
A Vienna neighborhood that is hearing just how much traffic travels along the Dulles Toll Road each day received notification it did not qualify for the Dulles Toll Road Highway Noise Program, falling 3 decibels short of the necessary level to qualify. Representatives from the Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority, which became responsible for the toll road in 2008, spoke with the residents of Shouse Village at the homeowners association's regular meeting Sept. 18. "The purpose of this meeting is to be as transparent as possible regarding the Airports Authority's findings," said Michael Cooper, MWAA's manager of state and local government affairs. "... The Airport Authority understands that your community is experiencing traffice …
John Strother
8:19 am on Sunday, September 30, 2012
Planting evergreen trees should help reduce the noise. The concrete plant on Gordons Road in Falls Church, produces sound levels higher than that and Fairfax County won't do anything about it. Why not have Shouse Villiage pay for the re study? Plus pay for the sound wall? more ›