Residents continue fighting for sound wall despite MODOT ... Urge the EPA & MoDOT ...

Update November 7, 2025:

This short update is to offer encouragement and show one of many reasons I will continue to fight.

We now have seven hundred ninety-six (796) petition supporters.

Congress passed Public Law 109-59 in 2005, approving funding for a “Type I” $1,600,000 environmental assessment (EA) project near the Dawn Valley Subdivision in Maryland Heights, Missouri. The MoDOT 2011, January publication of “I-270 and Route 364 (Page Ave) Interchange Noise Study Report Project Number: J6U1045B” states:

“23 Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) Part 772 was written by the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) to provide procedures for noise studies and noise abatement measures.

23 CFR 772 contains noise abatement criteria (NAC), which are based on the equivalent level (Leq) noise descriptor. The noise levels experienced by most persons adjacent to a highway corridor are not steady over time, since noise levels vary as adjacent traffic conditions vary. The Leq (h) is a descriptor that summarizes a “snapshot” sound level that is equivalent (in terms of acoustic energy) to the varying noise levels experienced over the peak traffic noise hour. To illustrate, the traffic noise levels monitored at one location in the corridor ranged from 61 dBA to 79 dBA during a monitoring period. When the various noise levels experienced over the monitoring period were compiled and summarized, the equivalent Leq (h) was 69 dBA.

Table 2 documents the desired upper limits of Leq (h) by activity category, as established by the NAC. A traffic noise impact occurs when noise levels approach (defined as within 1 dBA) or exceed the criteria in Table 2. The residences being reviewed for this study are Category B, and thus noise levels that are 66 dBA or higher would approach or exceed the Noise Abatement Criteria.”

Readings logged at 1149 Orchard Lakes Drive of noise in 2025: 

In July 2025, the exterior “level A-weighted equivalent continuous sound level” was 96.5 at 6:12 PM (for four hours, seven minutes, and six seconds), which calculates to the Leq (h) (the average sound energy over one hour) of 102.65.

August 2025, Russell Kinsaul (KMOV reporter) demonstrated noise level over 70 decibels around 12:00 PM, see Residents continue fighting for sound wall despite MODOT.

If Congress can pass a Public Law funding bill that included a sound wall for the Maryland Heights, Missouri, in 2005, with Leq (h) that registered 96.5 for residences, then nothing should stop Congress from funding a Public Law for the Orchard Lakes Subdivision that has a Leq (h) of 102.65.

My letter to Governor Kehoe, Honorable Page, Honorable McCreery, and Honorable Appelbaum is in the final phase of editing.

Thank you!