Raising Noise cancelling Wall - Telfair

[Lost_In_Translation]

Originally Posted by Dopo

I don't see any noise cancelling wall on the hardy toll road
ohhh yeah, they are poor, who cares about them.

Depends on things immediately adjacent to the freeway. If the actual residential is set back far enough or has commercial in front, no sound walls. Though I'm sure wealth and influence plays a big part of how freeways are created/expanded. The sunken sections of 59 and beltway 8 speak to that.
But yeah, sound walls are unlikely to be available for neighborhoods that built up next to the freeway. The developer should have put them into the plan if they didn't want to take the financial hit. I doubt the HOA will be able to do anything.

[Houston321]

Originally Posted by MDinTelfair

Well I live in Telfair. I would vote against anything that will require me to pay even more more in HOA fees or in taxes. Unless they just tax those that live near 59 who have the problem. Everyone buying a home in Telfair needs to do their homework. Builders and developers for the most part are scum buckets. I think the builder took you for a ride. Plant some trees in your yard and hope it blocks the noise.

Good luck.

That's a pretty rude statement. I know many builders who generally care about all their customers. That would be like me saying that all doctors are scum sucking medicare frauds.

Besides, it's not like HWY 59 wasn't there before Telfair started...give me a break.

[crone]

The easiest solution would be to get the neighbors and the neighborhood to plant big vegetation along the easement.

If the freeway was there when the subdivision went in, the price of the lots was discounted due to proximity to the road. The lots on the perimeter are cheaper.

TxDot will put in the noise barrier if they took peoples yards or went into an established neighborhood and got land for the road.