Building a wall to shield a residential area from noise generated by an adjoining business may be the neighborhood’s best chance for peace and quiet, village officials said this week.
Neighbors on Kinvara Avenue said early-morning truck and delivery noises in the ARAMARK parking lot jar them awake and rattle windows.
Noise consultant John Yergus, who the village hired after landscaping, fences and berms proved insufficient, recommended that a barrier run along the edge of ARAMARK’s property in the Corporate Corridors business area on 191st Street.
The concrete would be treated to absorb noise and be built to the height of the building, Yergus said at a Village Board meeting this week.
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The wall must be high enough to shield the upper floors of nearby houses from noises created by trucks, loading dock doors and forklifts, he said. The noise won’t disappear, but it will be significantly reduced.
Residents said their plight should serve as an example of the problems created by allowing businesses to operate close to homes. “I’m not really comfortable living next to the Berlin Wall,” said Larry Andretich.