BURBANK AIRPORT TO GET GRANT; FUNDS TO BUY SOUNDPROOFING.Byline: Eric Wahlgren Daily News Staff Writer Burbank Airport will get a $2 million federal grant to soundproof sound·proof adj. Not penetrable by audible sound. sound  proof v. 55 homes in Burbank, Sun Valley and North Hollywood - by adding new
doors and double-paning windows, for instance - Vice President Al Gore Noun 1. Al Gore - Vice President of the United States under Bill Clinton (born in 1948)Albert Gore Jr., Gore announced Wednesday. If it gets more money, the airport plans to insulate in·su·late tr.v. in·su·lat·ed, in·su·lat·ing, in·su·lates 1. To cause to be in a detached or isolated position. See Synonyms at isolate. 2. as many as 2,300 homes during the next 10 years in those communities, which are most affected by jet noise. Since the program began in early 1997, nine homes have been soundproofed, said Sean McCarthy, a spokesman for the Burbank-Glendale-Pasadena Airport Authority. The changes should make life quieter for residents, officials said. ``It is the difference between having someone run a lawn mower mower, farm machine used for cutting grasses and other hay crops. Mowers, drawn by or attached to tractors, or self-propelled, have superseded scythes. The mower is essentially an adaptation of the much earlier reaper. The first commercial mower was patented in 1847. in front of your house with all the windows open versus having someone run a lawn mower across the street with all your windows closed,'' McCarthy said. ``It makes a dramatic difference.'' But some Burbank city officials, who oppose an airport plan to build a larger terminal, also are against the airport's campaign to soundproof area homes. These officials disapprove dis·ap·prove v. dis·ap·proved, dis·ap·prov·ing, dis·ap·proves v.tr. 1. To have an unfavorable opinion of; condemn. 2. To refuse to approve; reject. v.intr. of the airport's so-called ``avigation'' easement easement, in law, the right to use the land of another for a specified purpose, as distinguished from the right to possess that land. If the easement benefits the holder personally and is not associated with any land he owns, it is an easement in gross (e.g. . It requires residents to pledge never to sue the airport over noise, smoke or vibration caused by normal airplane operations in exchange for the free soundproofing Soundproofing is any means of reducing the intensity of sound with respect to a specified source and receptor. There are several basic approaches to reducing sound: increasing the distance between source and receiver, using noise barriers to block or absorb the energy of the sound work, estimated to cost $37,000 a house. ``If the airport really wants to be a good neighbor, why don't they just insulate the houses and forget about'' the agreement, said Burbank City Councilman Ted McConkey. McConkey also said once the improvements are finished, the homeowners are saddled with the higher maintenance costs associated with the new windows, advanced heating and air conditioner systems and other equipment. McCarthy defended the program, saying it adds considerable value to homes. The latest money for Burbank Airport was part of a $55 million federal airport improvement grant program Gore awarded to 14 airports in six states on Wednesday. The Burbank airport identified homes eligible for the work in a noise study earlier this year. McCarthy said it will cost about $110 million to insulate all 2,300 homes selected. Although the airport will pitch in 20 percent of the cost, he said the airport is relying on future grants like this one to complete the program. |
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