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Daily Local Update: State Seeks to Reduce Road Noise

The Daily Local News had a recent article written by Gretchen Metz, staff writer on July 6th, 2008, regarding how the State Seeks to Reduce Road Noise.

The article begins:

TREDYFFRIN - This time the Pennsylvania Turnpike Commission is making the noise, not the traffic.

The commission has filed an application for a variance to a Tredyffrin noise ordinance that was enacted in summer 2006. The ordinance requires the commission to put up more sound walls than the commission wants to as it widens six miles of the turnpike from Valley Forge to nearly Route 29 in the township.

An appeal hearing before the Tredyffrin Zoning Board is scheduled for Aug. 28.

Some 14 areas along the six miles were studied for noise by the company hired by the commission but only 11 were recommended for sound walls, according to the township. The township said all 14 sections should have the sound walls.

The commission’s position is that no one municipality or private-interest group is going to sacrifice the interest of millions of motorists or set a bad precedent for the commission.

read the full article on the Daily Local.

Also, note that this article discusses the use of SOLAR COLLECTING WALLS to produce energy for rest stops and other

…is also working on a secondary solution, a product from the Spanish company Isofoton, sound walls that also that have solar storage capabilities.

… is hopeful the additional funding could be obtained from the Department of Environmental Protection and would be combined with turnpike funding as a way to get the remaining walls approved.

The solar sound walls are already in use at the Munich Airport in Germany. The power generated by the walls could be used to operate turnpike rest stops. If there is extra power generated, that could be sold and the money used to fund highway improvements, the senator said.

Turnpike rest stops?? Wow, what a coincidence. The Peter J. Camiel rest stop at Mile Post 304.8 Westbound is right in the area where all of us reside. My neighbors up the street actually look right onto the toll plaza. According to one Wallace Twp resident, “This would be a win-win situation for the PA Turnpike Commission.” I totally agree.

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