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Board directs feasibility RFP after neighbors' noise complaints at Charlotte County sheriff firing range
Summary
Following months of complaints from Waterford Estates residents, the commission directed staff to pursue a phased professional feasibility study (first phase) and to explore off-site options and modest interim mitigations for the Charlotte County Sheriff's Office firing range.
The Charlotte County Board of County Commissioners on Jan. 13 directed staff to pursue a phased engineering feasibility study and to explore alternatives after an extended discussion about noise from the county's sheriff firing range near residential neighborhoods.
Travis Purdue, facilities management director, reviewed prior testing and mitigation options: full enclosure would require major design work and costly air-filtration and could exceed typical local budgets; hardened sound walls might reduce noise by up to about 10 decibels but could be expensive and offer no guarantee; vegetative buffers would require 30'60-foot…
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