Re: Noise in Tyson's
Posted by:
Actually_
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Date: January 17, 2012 03:37PM
Good point justsayin, anytime anything is built its an inconvenience. At the end of the day its theoretically going to help the public. In the meanwhile no one is holding a gun against your head for the traffic issue. The noise is a big problem, but as a transportation engineer (no not on this project) night work is not the typical and usually there are strict decibal levels that have to be adhered to as well as light restrictions.
If you believe it is seriously above these levels you can file a complaint with VDOT, the key is to stick to it and keep hassling them cause just like most massive entities, they ignore the first few times. Likely even if they are breaking the regulations with those required noise levels and light levels they wont modify it unless pushed by a lawsuit.
Trust me, I am not on the side of VDOT, Fluor, or any massive road project, but part of public works is the construction process and there are just as many laws dictating that as there are anything else, if its really bad you should follow through.
As a reference the type of noise needed to exceed the allowable levels for nightwork is those associated with pile driving or jack hammering.... if it is truck beeps, brake noises, or dirt moving you're prolly going to have to get used to it.