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Residents, legislators press DOT for fuller noise-barrier study after clear‑cutting disputes
Summary
Residents and lawmakers urged the Transportation Committee to widen a state Type II highway sound-barrier program and to include vegetation impact analysis and more detailed prioritization, citing chronic noise along I‑95 and close-in residential development.
Hundreds of residents and several state legislators urged the Transportation Committee to expand a modest type‑2 highway noise-barrier program, press the Department of Transportation for a deeper, site‑level noise analysis and include vegetation management results before any decision to curb vegetative buffers near highways.
Residents’ testimony: Residents from coastal and urban neighborhoods said the constant highway noise has worsened over the years and described poor sleep and reduced quality of life. Multiple speakers said prior vegetation removals and selective clearings had…
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