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Senate advances bill to weigh duration of highway noise when prioritizing sound walls
Summary
Senate Bill 117 would direct UDOT to consider how long property noise exceeds threshold levels (in addition to peak decibel and number of homes) when prioritizing noise-mitigation projects; sponsors said the change responds to decades-long neighborhood exposure in Rose Park and passed the Senate to third reading 27–0.
Senate Bill 117, which would add the length of time that highway traffic noise exceeds established decibel thresholds to Utah Department of Transportation (UDOT) mitigation criteria, was advanced by the Utah Senate on Jan. 30, 1998.
Sponsor Senator Bueller told colleagues the bill was prompted by roughly 300 Rose Park constituents who have been exposed to sustained highway noise for decades and urged consideration of exposure…
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