On February 17th, the Airport Rezoning Task Force held a public comment session related to the Airport’s request to rezone an 11 acre parcel on Airport Parkway and Kirby Rd Extension from Residential to Airport.
Thank you, Ms. Adams, for participating in the hearing and reporting back to the community. I can personally report that adding more "hardscape" to the current vacant lots cannot "buffer" the F-35 sound. On the contrary, in fact. Just come to my house, adjacent to the CoHousing apartment buildings off East Avenue in Burlington, when the F-35s are taking off to the north. We are blasted by the direct sound from the butt-end of the jets from the north, and then all that sound bounces back to us off the apartment buildings that are south of us. What this means is that we have 80-90 dB coming at us from both directions - north AND south. It's like being inside of a cement mixer (but louder).
Put simply, sound waves bounce off anything that does not absorb them. A buffer of hedges and trees is far, far more effective as a buffer than the hardscape of industrial buildings, warehouses, and other buildings. It's bogus for them to say the buildings will provide a buffer.
Thank you, Ms. Adams, for participating in the hearing and reporting back to the community. I can personally report that adding more "hardscape" to the current vacant lots cannot "buffer" the F-35 sound. On the contrary, in fact. Just come to my house, adjacent to the CoHousing apartment buildings off East Avenue in Burlington, when the F-35s are taking off to the north. We are blasted by the direct sound from the butt-end of the jets from the north, and then all that sound bounces back to us off the apartment buildings that are south of us. What this means is that we have 80-90 dB coming at us from both directions - north AND south. It's like being inside of a cement mixer (but louder).
Put simply, sound waves bounce off anything that does not absorb them. A buffer of hedges and trees is far, far more effective as a buffer than the hardscape of industrial buildings, warehouses, and other buildings. It's bogus for them to say the buildings will provide a buffer.
Well said, Miss Adams. Thank you.