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Noise Abatement
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How are traffic noise complaints handled?
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Answer:
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A position at MDOT Construction and Technology Division has primary responsibility for public complaints. MDOT will record and
respond to complaints about traffic noise; however, there is not a specific program to address individual public complaints about
traffic noise, nor is there a State or Federal program that provides funding in response to public complaints. No noise abatement
activities will result. The EPA Office of Noise Abatement and Control once existed to address the issue,
but the program's funding was eliminated in 1981.
The Type II program can address those residential areas established before the highway and meet the requirements set in the MDOT
noise policy. (NOTE: The Type II program is suspended until 2013 due to budget constraints.)
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