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Residents press council on noise barriers; council outlines MDOT policy and ethics complaint options
Summary
Residents asked the Taylor City Council about a resolution the city sent to MDOT requesting noise barriers along northbound I‑75; council staff said MDOT’s policy limits barriers to cases where the freeway was built after homes, and council described channels for ethics complaints after a public allegation about a council member’s county job application.
Residents used the public‑comment period to press the council on two community issues: highway noise mitigation requests to MDOT and allegations about a council member’s candidacy for a county job.
On noise mitigation: A resident asked the council where the resolution previously sent to the Michigan Department of Transportation (MDOT) stood. Council members and staff said the city sent a resolution to MDOT and that MDOT replied with a policy explanation: MDOT typically considers noise‑barrier construction when a freeway is built after homes are constructed; if the freeway pre‑dated the housing, MDOT does not usually construct noise walls under its program. Staff noted there are other parameters…
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