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Bringing down the noise

Noise impact remedies for I-10/I-610/Memorial Park area

The Texas Department of Transportation's (TxDOT) massive construction program to change the design of the Interstate 610 and Interstate 10 interchange will greatly increase noise and vibration in the surrounding areas. Local residents, commercial businesses, Memorial Park, and the Houston Arboretum will all hear and feel the impacts when new auxiliary lanes and elevated anti-weaving ramps are opened to traffic.

Growing freeway noise will affect more Houston neighborhoods as I-45 is reconstructed, as SH-288 is expanded, and as the 290-Hempstead Managed Lanes are built. Current design guidelines call for much larger and taller interchanges everywhere two highways meet (i.e. I-45 at I-610, or SH-288 at Beltway 8).
However, TxDOT and other agencies can and should pursue a set of simple and effective common-sense strategies to reduce the noise problem.

Learn more

Learn why CTC is calling for a court-supervised noise analysis and what you can do to help:

Background
Noise reduction strategies

What you can do to help

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Bringing down the noise Noise impact remedies for I-10/I-610/Memorial Park area The Texas Department of Transportation's (TxDOT) massive construction program to change the design of the Interstate 610 and Interstate 10 interchange will greatly increase noise and vibration in the surrounding areas. Local residents, commercial businesses, Memorial Park, and the Houston Arboretum will all hear and feel the impacts when new auxiliary lanes and elevated anti-weaving ramps are opened to traffic. Growing freeway noise will affect more Houston neighborhoods as I-45 is reconstructed, as SH-288 is expanded, and as the 290-Hempstead Managed Lanes are built. Current design guidelines call for much larger and taller interchanges everywhere two highways meet (i.e. I-45 at I-610, or SH-288 at Beltway 8). However, TxDOT and other agencies can and should pursue a set of simple and effective common-sense strategies to reduce the noise problem. Learn more Learn why CTC is calling for a court-supervised noise analysis and what you can do to help: Background Noise reduction strategies What you can do to help
Citizens' Transportation Coalition: advocacy information organization forums Citizens' Transportation Coalition, Inc. Copyright© 2004-2007. All rights reserved. address: PO Box 66532 Houston TX 77266-6532 phone: 713-301-5716 email: chair@ctchouston.org