Project
City of Oakland presented a petition process to determine neighborhood support for funding Noise Barrier Scope Study Reports (NBSSRs) for potential soundwalls along eastbound and westbound SR-24. Studies would cost just over $1 million, funded from the $8 million Caldecott Tunnel settlement agreement. Property owners of at least 90 of 135 eligible properties must sign petitions.
Site group: Caldecott / Upper Broadway mitigation corridor
SR 24 at (1) Vicente Way to Broadway eastbound; (2) Ross St to Telegraph Ave westbound; (3) Patton St to Ross St westbound
City of Oakland held a public meeting on September 27 to discuss potential soundwall studies at three SR 24 locations in Rockridge/Temescal, funded by an $8 million Caltrans settlement; the city would solicit petitions from affected property owners before proceeding with full Noise Barrier Scope Survey Reports.
Follow-up report on the September 27 community meeting; more than 80 residents attended; the city confirmed studies for two SR 24 segments could proceed with a two-thirds majority petition of affected property owners; petition period expected to run through September 2013.
City confirmed it will proceed with a full Noise Barrier Scope Study Report (NBSSR) on either side of SR 24 between Broadway and Telegraph Avenue; the petition process and next steps to be presented at the January 2013 RCPC Town Hall meeting.
City of Oakland presented a petition process to determine neighborhood support for funding Noise Barrier Scope Study Reports (NBSSRs) for potential soundwalls along eastbound and westbound SR-24. Studies would cost just over $1 million, funded from the $8 million Caldecott Tunnel settlement agreement. Property owners of at least 90 of 135 eligible properties must sign petitions.
“The next chapter in the process of determining the future of soundwalls at three State Route (SR) 24 locations in Rockridge and Temescal will unfold starting at 7 p.m. Thursday, September 27, at the Rockridge Branch Library.”2012_09 - front page teaser
“Before year's end, the city will identify relevant property owners and distribute official petitions. Soundwall studies may proceed if sufficient support is shown by the end of the petition period, probably next September.”2012_09 - Soundwall Meeting, p.5/p.13
“More than 80 Rockridge residents crowded into the Rockridge Library meeting room on September 27 to hear about soundwalls and the process that might lead to their construction in the Rockridge area.”2012_10 - p.1, City Discusses Study Process, Soundwall Technology With Residents
“I am delighted that, at long last, our lower Rockridge neighborhood will have a chance to get soundwalls to reduce the ever-present freeway noise we live with 24/7.”2012_10 - Letters to the Editor, p.6, Theresa Nelson
“Oakland will go forward with a full study of potential soundwalls (known as a Noise Barrier Scope Study Report or NBSSR) on either side of SR 24 between approximately Broadway and Telegraph Avenue.”2012_12 - p.11, Soundwall Process box