Number
131518
Version
SUBSTITUE 1
Reference
Sponsor
ALD. BAUMAN
Title
Substitute resolution relating to directing the City Attorney to promptly pursue legal action to abate excessive noise and other adverse effects associated with demolition and reconstruction activities on the Hoan Bridge and I-794 Lake Freeway Project.
Analysis
Demolition and reconstruction activities associated with the Wisconsin Department of Transportation’s Hoan Bridge and I-794 Lake Freeway Project included heavy demolition during nighttime hours in early February, 2014, resulting in excessive noise affecting residents in Downtown residential neighborhoods resulting in numerous complaints.
This resolution directs the City Attorney to explore available options for abating, ameliorating and preventing excessive noise and other adverse effects resulting from demolition and reconstruction activities associated with the Hoan Bridge and I-794 Lake Freeway project and to take available legal action, not limited to litigation, to accomplish the intent of this resolution.
Body
Whereas, During the first week of February, 2014, crews working under contract with the Wisconsin Department of Transportation (WisDoT) on demolition and reconstruction activities on the Hoan Bridge and I-794 Lake Freeway Project began heavy demolition activities between the hours of 8:00 p.m. and 3:00 a.m. including jack-hammering and the operation of concrete-crushing equipment; and
Whereas, Representatives of WisDoT have stated that night-time demolition work on the Hoan Bridge and I-794 Lake Freeway Project is not subject to municipal noise restrictions and is necessary to avoid lane closures during the day; and
Whereas, The Common Council finds that the health, safety and welfare of residents, and the right of residents to the peaceful enjoyment of their homes, takes precedence over the temporary inconvenience of highway motorists who have the choice of taking alternate routes; and
Whereas, According to 2...
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