Community Meeting – Sound Walls to Reduce Noise and Air Pollution along I-93, Monday, June 25

[mem_winterhill]

Another find on reddit--I never heard about this anywhere else. Original entry (can find redacted emails there): https://redd.it/8s5ave

Community Meeting – Sound Walls to Reduce Noise and Air Pollution along I-93 in Somerville
 

 

Monday, June 25, 2018, 6 – 8 pm (free pizza & drinks)

 

Community Assembly Room, Assembly Square

 

50 Middlesex Avenue, Somerville (behind the Kmart store)
 

 

Contact: Ellin Reisner [reisner51@[redacted]]  | 617-776-1987 and visit http://sites.tufts.edu/cafeh/

 

Background info:

 

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When I-93 was built in the 1970’s the state was supposed to build sound walls along the highway. It never happened.

 

What can you do to help?

 

Help us Measure Noise along I-93 in Somerville to determine if we need sound walls and where to put them.

Get involved in the Health Impact Assessment (HIA) to collect and share information about sound walls along I-93.

Attend Community Meetings to learn about:

Proposal to build sound walls along I-93 in Somerville

Research on how people’s health is affected by near highway air pollution along I-93 in Somerville

History of I-93 in Somerville

Health Impact Assessment (HIA)

Your questions and concerns

Visit our website http://sites.tufts.edu/cafeh/

Organizers: Somerville Transportation Equity Partnership (STEP); The Welcome Project; Metropolitan Area Planning Council (MAPC), Tufts University, Community Assessment of Freeway Exposure and Health Study (CAFEH)

Comments

[mem_winterhill]

FYI, a couple of my tweets from the event.

https://twitter.com/mem_somerville/status/1011413925223690242