The Ohio Department of Transportation (ODOT) District 1 will conduct a public meeting to discuss a proposed noise wall which would potentially reduce highway noise along a section of Western Avenue in Findlay.
Date: Thursday, May 19, 2016
Time: 6:30 p.m.
Location: Chamberlin Hill Intermediate School gymnasium, 600 West Yates Avenue, Findlay
The noise wall is being proposed at the request of residents in the area east of U.S. 68/Ohio 15, along Western Avenue. In response to the request, which was made in the summer of 2015, ODOT completed a noise analysis.
The findings of the noise analysis will be presented at the meeting. The meeting will also give identified noise receptors, which includes 72 residences as well as the Chamberlin Hill School, the opportunity to vote in the decision on whether or not a wall is constructed. Only those identified in the analysis as noise receptors will have a vote.
The Ohio Department of Transportation maintains the state’s largest man-made asset–the transportation system. ODOT’s mission is to provide the safe and easy movement of people and goods from place to place. As a $2.8 billion per year enterprise, ODOT invests the bulk of its resources in system preservation through maintenance, construction and snow and ice operations.
The environmental review, consultation, and other actions required by applicable Federal environmental laws for this project are being, or have been, carried out by ODOT pursuant to 23 U.S.C. 327 and a Memorandum of Understanding dated December 11, 2015, and executed by FHWA and ODOT.
