Please cut-n-paste this text into an email and send to me at scottfergusson@gmail.com
To the Indiana Department of Transportation:
As an Indiana resident and taxpayer I am concerned and affected by the amount of large truck and traffic-generated noise from the I69 Highway route North of Dupont Road (Exit 116) and South of County Road 11A (exit 126).
Noise pollution is unwanted human-created sound that has the effect of being annoying, distracting, or physically harmful. People exposed to noise pollution suffer from hearing loss, sleep deprivation, and other health conditions. The World Health Organization, The National Institutes of Health, and numerous scientific and medical publications recognize noise pollution and its damaging effects.
Please consider this my petition to have the Indiana Department of Transportation undertake a study to determine the noise pollution generated along this section of I69 and the possible remedies to this issue.
Sincerely,
John and Mary Homeowner
12345 Auburn Road
Fort Wayne, IN 46845
Friday, April 22, 2011
Want to enjoy your property more?
This blog is an attempt to see if you feel the same way I do about this area. I moved to 15727 Auburn Road with my family in 2008 and we absolutely love the ravines, the trees, the privacy, and the friendly neighbors.
It's perfect, except for one thing: Noise from I69.
If there is one thing about it, it's that it seems to be unpredictable. Some days it's so quiet and peaceful, I would never guess there was a major highway close by. Other days, I think that the semi-trucks are coming up my driveway. The noise seems to echo and permeate everywhere.
I've thought about how to solve it - there are a number of resources on the web for how communities have reduced the noise from highways and roads. In many cases, INDOT has built aesthetically pleasing barriers along sections of the highway to reduce the noise.
However, if I'm the only one that is concerned about this problem, I'm pretty sure INDOT will not seriously consider any proposal to spend tax dollars on noise barriers.
So here's my question to you - can you let me know that you are interested in what INDOT can do to reduce the noise pollution in this area? My guess is that if I can contact them with a petition to study the noise levels and propose solutions to reduce them, the more people I have on it, the better.
The petition post contains the text you can cut-n-paste into an email to me. Send to scottfergusson@gmail.com
I will update this blog as I make progress. Thank you for your support of this. This is such a beautiful area and reducing the noise will make it even more so.
It's perfect, except for one thing: Noise from I69.
If there is one thing about it, it's that it seems to be unpredictable. Some days it's so quiet and peaceful, I would never guess there was a major highway close by. Other days, I think that the semi-trucks are coming up my driveway. The noise seems to echo and permeate everywhere.
I've thought about how to solve it - there are a number of resources on the web for how communities have reduced the noise from highways and roads. In many cases, INDOT has built aesthetically pleasing barriers along sections of the highway to reduce the noise.
However, if I'm the only one that is concerned about this problem, I'm pretty sure INDOT will not seriously consider any proposal to spend tax dollars on noise barriers.
So here's my question to you - can you let me know that you are interested in what INDOT can do to reduce the noise pollution in this area? My guess is that if I can contact them with a petition to study the noise levels and propose solutions to reduce them, the more people I have on it, the better.
The petition post contains the text you can cut-n-paste into an email to me. Send to scottfergusson@gmail.com
I will update this blog as I make progress. Thank you for your support of this. This is such a beautiful area and reducing the noise will make it even more so.
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