Descripción

Noise, light, and air pollution has been an issue for residential and commercial properties abutting Interstate 91 since its construction in the 1960s. High physical barriers were recently added to the portion of I-91 that passes Wooster Square and Farnam Courts, but no barrier exist along the rear yards of State Street and Jocelyn Square properties.
This issue was recently exacerbated for properties along the Exit 4 ramp when dense vegetation and mature trees in the rear lot of 67 Beech Street were removed in the Fall of 2016 for the planned construction of a surface parking lot. Will the owner of 67 Beech Street (soon to be demolished) be required to replant a natural barrier or build a physical barrier to block noise, dust, and lighting from the highway?
If not, will the State build a sound barrier like what Wooster Square has?
For more information on Wooster Square's sound barrier (built in 2013) see here:
http://www.newhavenindependent.org/index.php/archives/entry/state_comes_through_on_sound_barrier/
For more information on the demolition of 67 Beech Street and replacement of dense tree growth with a surface parking lot, see here:
http://www.ct.gov/sprb/lib/sprb/meeting_minutes/minutes_06_16_16.pdf