Residents press Angleton council over Gambit energy storage noise; council orders review, invites developer back

Residents near the Gambit Energy storage park on Murray Ranch Road told the Angleton City Council on Monday night that fans and other equipment at the battery facility produce sustained noise at times that makes backyards and homes difficult to use. The council said it would ask staff and the city attorney to compile compliance documentation, obtain a peak-season sound study and return with options — including enforcement of the facility’s specific-use permit — and invited the project owner to appear at a future meeting.

Neighbors said noise has become worse in warm weather and that prior noise testing provided by the developer was done in cool months. “The noise is extremely bad,” said Kelly McDaniel, a resident whose backyard is about 462 feet from the facility; she told council she recorded readings above 60 decibels on multiple occasions. Lance Wortham, another resident, said he has…