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Resident tells DuPage County committee traffic, noise and air pollution from Winfield/Liberty Street are affecting neighborhood
Summary
A Winfield Township resident urged the DuPage County Transportation Committee to address high traffic volumes, street racing, loud noise and exhaust fumes on Liberty Street/Winfield Road; committee later approved a Winfield Township resurfacing agreement with no county cost.
Sharon Keller, a resident of Swan Lake Court, told the DuPage County Transportation Committee that traffic on Liberty Street/Winfield Road is “crazy,” producing both heavy volumes and loud, harmful noise.
Keller said she has counted as many as 75 vehicles in an hour and that one five‑minute period she observed nine vehicles — “which if you multiply that out, that's a hundred and 8 or so an hour.” She told the committee she purchased a decibel meter and measured peaks of about 110 decibels, and said that “the exhaust fumes are horrible” and that street racing has resumed with warmer weather. Keller…
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