Additional Comments

I will continue to work towards decreasing the noise level in our community as it is very much a negative part of our lives now (the noise).

We feel that the noise level is well above acceptable limits.  The concrete, ridged paving at our end of the drive appears to add another decible level.  Despite assurances to the contrary at the community input sessions, nothing was implemented to mitigate the noise levels such as barriers (trees/lowering the level of the road/artificial barriers)

The construction of a sound barrier between the Anthony Henday freeway and the Blackburne community will at least in part ameliorate the problems caused by the traffic noise. This is not simply a rush hour situation; it impacts residents 24 hours a day.

When I purchased this lot from the City in 1980 I was assured that a berm such as the one on 91 Street would be constructed so that traffic noise would not be an issue. A berm was partially constructed, but removed when the sanitary sewer extension was put in place.

Hwy 2 is also a huge problem

I have one simple solution to solving the noise problem on the Henday. I live in Millwoods, almost a full km to the north of the the southeast portion of the ring road and I can hear vehicles, day and night. I feel for the people whose property backs right on to the freeway. Property values have probably taken a hit for worst, every 5th or 6th house has a For Sale sign on it. Now back to a possible solution, Built a Burm on both sides, plant some trees.(East and West) Its called 'Beautification'.Soil is a great sound insulator, and they could leave the speed limits just as they are. Because lowering the speed limits will not affect a thing, people will continue to drive at 100km/h.

Noise level is so loud in the a.m. that I couldn't hear when it would go off...had to raise volume on alarm.  Also know that power station up grade had to do a noise study, to meet requirments and the noise from that up grade will be far less then traffic noise from Henday!

I would prefer any contact be through email - I would deliver flyers but won't do phone calls. Planting trees won't cut it - I have a 1000 trees and even fully leafed when the wind blows from the NW, it sounds like there is a semi coming through my house.

The planned development of the ring road was to have an earthern embankment or wall erected and landscaping to provide protection from the noise. This is what was promised when I purchased the property in 1974. The project was not started and/or completed when outlined in 1974 and the project scope of work was changed from the original outlined conception that was communicated to the land owners in this area. I believe that the scope of work was unnecessarily changed to the detriment of the land owners in the area.

The noise standard developed for Albertans' is in violation of the recommendations made by the World Health Organization based on their long term research on the effect of exposure to chronic noise on health and well being.  As a health professional in this community, I am disheartened that our government at both the municipal and provincial levels has shown such disregard for health in deciding to not pursue noise attenuation.  See you at the meeting & thank-you for your efforts to help our community.

Votes based on one single issue are VERY uninformed and immature votes.  We must protest but we must also vote for MANY different reasons, not just one.

If the henday is traveled at the speed limit very few are passed and most,including large semi trucks are exceeding 120 kpm causing excessive noise. The majority of towns and villages on major highways reduce the speed limit for safety and reduce noise,for example Devon reduces it to 70 on it's bypass, Edson and Hinton reduce the Yellow head to 50 and 60 respectively. Why has the province built a race track around Edmonton, within the city limits, and allowed people to do whatever speed they want and cause this noise problem. Please reduce the speed or at least enforce the existing to relieve the situation while other solutions are considered. I,m sure this alone would greatly reduce the noise polution.

I am very pleased that the community is taking action on this issue.  I had already written several e-mails to the ministers and received no response after the second one.  I also wrote the letter to the Edmonton Journal.  Thank you for taking the lead on this and please call me and let me know if there is anything I can to help out.

In addition to all the noise 24 hours a day, every day. The dirt and dust on deck and dinning area and the childrens play area makes it all unusable.

We are no longer able to sleep with our windows open as we can still hear the noise even with them closed. Our backyard is no longer a place to relax on the deck as the noise is too loud!!

The highway has made a significant impact in many areas of our living situation. The noise in constant, enjoying our back yard in longer possible, our children's windows face the highway and they are often woken during the night due to the noise level. We are unable to open the windows facing the south due to copious amounts of dust. Property value has also decreased thus making it near impossible to sell, which adds increased stress on future decisions. We feel strongly that a barrier wall of some sort should be supplied to rectify the situation at hand.

We are in the process of selling our home in the Crawford Plains area, and have been getting alot of feed back from people loving our home, but dont like that they hear the Henday noise. This is making it harder to sell our house!

I have asked politicians/city Engineers many-many times about installing berms/trees, like in other areas of the city where this type of thing has happened. Fell on deaf ears. I guess living in Millwoods and not mortgage heights like the politicians/Engineers doesnt count?

We did not expect this high level of noise when it was put in use.Sure would like to see a wall or some form of a barrier to cut down on the noise level