SOUNDWALLS TO CUT NOISE ALONG VENTURE FREEWAY.WOODLAND HILLS - After 30 years of requests by local residents, construction on a $3.8 million soundwall project on the Ventura Freeway The Ventura Freeway is a freeway in southern California running from Ventura to Pasadena. It is the principal east-west route through Ventura County and in the southern San Fernando Valley in Los Angeles County. in the San Fernando Valley San Fernando Valley Valley, southern California, U.S. Northwest of central Los Angeles, the valley is bounded by the San Gabriel, Santa Susana, and Santa Monica mountains and the Simi Hills. could begin in February 2003, officials said Tuesday. The California Department of Transportation The California Department of Transportation (Caltrans) is a government agency in the U.S. state of California. Its mission is to improve mobility across the state. It manages the state highway system and is actively involved with public transportation systems in California. is proposing the state- and federally funded soundwall project along a 2.1-mile stretch of the Ventura Freeway between Fallbrook and Shoup avenues to cut down on noise. News of the project came at a community meeting by California Department of Transportation officials held Tuesday at the Platt Branch of the Los Angeles Los Angeles (lôs ăn`jələs, lŏs, ăn`jəlēz'), city (1990 pop. 3,485,398), seat of Los Angeles co., S Calif.; inc. 1850. Library. ``We want to let the community know what projects we have in the area,'' said Oji Kalu, a senior transportation engineer project manager. ``Most of them want the wall.'' Funding for the walls was supposed to come from a mammoth gas tax increase approved by voters in 1989. Instead, it was diverted to bridge-repair work after the Loma Prieta
Loma Prieta is a Northern California mountain with elevation 3,786 feet (1,154 m) and located at approximately 37.114° N, 121. and Northridge earthquakes The Northridge earthquake occurred on January 17, 1994 at 4:31 AM Pacific Standard Time in the city of Los Angeles, California. The earthquake had a "strong" moment magnitude of 6. . Noise levels along that stretch of the freeway have been recorded in excess of 70 decibels, officials said. The wall could cut sounds by between 5 and 11 decibels. Officials say that 65 decibels is the level recorded in a busy office. The construction of the wall will take place on the south side of the freeway along the state-owned right-of-way. No buildings will have to be condemned. During construction, which could last about seven months, some lanes could be closed. State officials held the meeting Tuesday to inform residents, displaying pictures of the proposed soundwall project and showing an eight-minute video on how officials record sounds. |
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