24-Jan-2022

Honorable Joseph Gruters, Vern Buchanan and Greg Steube

Florida State Senate 23rd District

Ref: Highway Noise Abatement Barrier along the Southbound 1-75 corridor

We, the undersigned residents living in Palmer Ranch, request your urgent support for an extension of the highway Noise Abatement Barrier on the southbound 1-75 corridor from exit 205 Clark Road south to SR-681. We request this work to be added to the New I-75 Interchange at SR-681.Our goal is to reduce the increasing road noise level in our residential communities. Over the past twenty years the level of highway noise has become increasingly intolerable from the escalating volume of traffic on I-75. With the current plan to increase the number of lanes to ten (10), the problem will only be exacerbated, These are real concerns of noise levels that are affecting our quality of life, health and property values. We request an immediate meeting to express our concerns and swift action to follow, time is of the essence.