Update: Urge the EPA, FHWA, & MoDOT to Construct Sound Walls Along Highway 270 for Noise Reduction

In the St. Louis, Missouri metropolitan area, three communities are fighting to get MoDOT to build a sound wall to mitigate noise significantly exceeding the Day-Night Average Sound Level (DNL) of 55 decibels for outdoors and 45 decibels for indoors. 

The Orchard Lake Subdivision is located in the West St. Louis County along I-270 between Olive Boulevard and Page Avenue. I have mounted a campaign with 890 petition supporters to mitigate noise exceeding 96 decibels. In less than one week, a 60-Day Notice of Intent to Sue mailed to the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA), and MoDOT will reach the 30-day (midway) point.

The Weldon Springs/Knollwood communities in St. Charles, Missouri, near Highway 364/Page Extension, have recorded noise levels of about 81 decibels. The St. Charles County Council voted to not allocate funds for a Highway 364 sound wall.

In 2012, the community members of Westview Avenue in Kirkwood, Missouri, had been complaining and/or challenging the eligibility criteria used by the MoDOT for the abatement of noise created by I-270 traffic. 

As a long-time resident of the Orchard Lake Subdivision, one of my complaints against federal and state agencies is that injuries and losses are the direct result of the EPA, FHWA, and MoDOT's failure for decades to perform nondiscretionary statutory duties to abate hazardous noise from I-270. The FHWA and EPA permitted MoDOT to make changes to I-270 without procedural controls and/or processes as required by Congressional intent, laws, and/or policies.

I have contacted numerous lawyers to represent me for a fee. Regardless of my inability or ability to find qualified representation, I will continue to fight for a sound wall until a judge decides the fight is over.