ASSEMBLY RESOLUTION No. 44

STATE OF NEW JERSEY

Introduced Pending Technical Review by Legislative Counsel

PRE-FILED FOR INTRODUCTION IN THE 1996 SESSION

By Assemblymen STEELE and PASCRELL

An Assembly Resolution memorializing the Department of Transportation to study whether noise barriers should be constructed on Interstate Highway 80 in the Passaic County area.

Whereas, The noise produced by the large volume of automobiles, buses and trucks that use Interstate Highway 80 in the Passaic County area disrupt the lives of the citizens exposed to the noise and represents a severe reduction in the quality of life of those citizens; and

Whereas, It is appropriate for the Department of Transportation to conduct a study to determine whether the construction of noise barriers on Interstate Highway 80 in the Passaic County area would reduce highway traffic noise produced by these vehicles and thereby restore the health, tranquility and well-being of residents living near the highway; and

Whereas, The citizens living in those residential areas near Interstate Highway 80 in the Passaic County area would benefit from a determination of whether noise barriers are appropriate for that area; and

Whereas, It is altogether fitting and proper that the Legislature express its policy to protect the citizens of this State who are adversely affected by excessive automobile, bus and truck noise and request a study by the Department of Transportation; now, therefore,

    Be It Resolved by the General Assembly of the State of New Jersey:

    1. The Department of Transportation is hereby urged to conduct a study of whether noise barriers should be constructed on Interstate Highway 80 in the Passaic County area.

    2. A duly authenticated copy of this resolution, signed by the Speaker of the General Assembly and attested by the Clerk thereof

shall be transmitted to the Commissioner of the Department of Transportation.

STATEMENT

    This resolution memorializes the Department of Transportation to conduct a study to determine whether noise barriers should be constructed on Interstate Highway 80 in the Passaic County area. Residents of that area believe that a study will show that the level of noise in that area is unacceptable because of a large volume of automobile, bus and truck traffic.

Memorializes DOT to study whether noise barriers should be constructed on Interstate Highway 80 in the Passaic County area.