| For instance, when communities use noise compatible
land use planning to create a "quiet zone" instead of buying
noise barriers, State departments of transportation can use the money
saved for additional roadway improvements or maintenance programs.
Noise compatible land use planning can be used to attractively design
open space next to a road or highway for both passive and active recreational
uses. Open spaces can also be designed to make commercial or business
properties more visible to existing and future customers. |
Reduce the Noise and Create a Quiet Zone
Effective noise compatible land use planning can reduce the
need for construction of many noise barriers in highway programs
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Open space, slightly depressed construction.
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Using land in planned, predetermined ways allows greater development
flexibility for neighboring communities, since the planning practices
are known in advance.
Finally, noise compatible land use planning provides appealing
alternatives for reducing traffic noise when compared to noise barriers,
which are more visually and physically restrictive.
As vacant land in many communities disappears, the pressure to
use areas next to highways may increase. But communities can use
noise compatible land use strategies creatively, with very positive
results.
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