The state Department of Transportation has approved 36 installations of highway sound barriers in Fairfield, Westport, Stamford, Norwalk and Greenwich.There's one problem.....
They are among 132 sound-barrier projects statewide that have accumulated since 1989, when funding was cut and never restored.
It's become a tradition for lawmakers to sponsor bills -- unsuccessfully -- to restart the program in their neck of the state.
Last week the Legislature's Transportation Committee held a public hearing on a proposal by state Sen. Andrew McDonald, D-Stamford, who came armed with letters from residents who live near Interstate 95.
"My neighbors and I have been waiting patiently for years for the state to install sound barriers," wrote Diane Cece, of Norwalk. "As of 2006, our road was 81 on the [DOT's list]; the extreme noise and the wind-blown road debris, including small particulate pollutants, impacts our lives in every season.".
Aura Stutzman, of Greenwich, wrote, "You need only walk through a Fairfield County neighborhood lacking a sound barrier to sample vehicles rumbling so unceasing that the notion of relaxation seems an absurd fantasy."......
Source: http://www.connpost.com/ci_11814468?source=most_emailed
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