Feds sending $9.3M to help combat airplane noise around T.F. Green

THE U.S. DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION is supplying $9.3 million to combat noise pollution stemming from airplanes at T.F. Green Airport, as part of the $250 million upgrade of the Warwick facility. Pictured here is construction undertaken to move Main Avenue on the southern end of T.F. Green to accommodate the extension of the dominant runway. / PBN FILE PHOTO/MICHAEL SALERNO
THE U.S. DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION is supplying $9.3 million to combat noise pollution stemming from airplanes at T.F. Green Airport, as part of the $250 million upgrade of the Warwick facility. Pictured here is construction undertaken to move Main Avenue on the southern end of T.F. Green to accommodate the extension of the dominant runway. / PBN FILE PHOTO/MICHAEL SALERNO

WASHINGTON – U.S. Sen. Jack F. Reed announced Friday $9.3 million in federal funding from the U.S. Department of Transportation to reduce jet noise affecting residents living near T.F. Green Airport.

Of the $9.3 million, $887,032 is expected to help to voluntarily acquire three homes impacted by aircraft noise. An additional $8,435,954 will provide sound insulation mitigation to airport-area residences, including installation of acoustical doors and windows, duct work and other systems to block jet noise. Acquisition of homes and noise mitigation efforts must be in accordance with the airport’s noise compatibility plan. Roughly 755 residents living in 76 single-family homes, 142 condominiums and 82 apartments are expected to benefit from the funding.

“The airport is a community asset and it must be a good neighbor. This federal funding will provide targeted relief from airplane noise to those who are most directly impacted. It should help reduce the noise threshold for homes in the area,” Reed said in a statement. He has worked with the Federal Aviation Administration to invest approximately $250 million in upgrading the airport, including the extension of the main runway, expected to be completed by December 2017.

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