Meeting about noise impacts on parklands and of lawsuit regarding Memorial Parklands

Title: Meeting about noise impacts on parklands and of lawsuit regarding Memorial Parklands
Location: Houston Arboretum & Nature Center, 4501 Woodway Drive, Houston
Description: OPEN MEETING TO DISCUSS
* NOISE IMPACTS ON PARKLANDS AND ARBORETUM CAUSED BY THE 610 EXPANSION BETWEEN 290 & IH-10 AND OTHER INTERCHANGE STRUCTURES FOR THE 290 CORRIDOR PROJECT,
* CUMULATIVE IMPACTS OF TRAFFIC NOISE ON PARKLANDS FROM 290 OTHER PREVIOUS PROJECTS, AND
* UPDATE ON RECENT REGULATIONS AND LAW TO DOCUMENT AND ABATE PARKLANDS NOISE
* NATURE OF THE PARKLANDS CLAIM MADE IN A RECENT LAWSUIT

TOPICS OF DISCUSSION AT THE MEETING
–Federal noise standards for Houston parklands and the Arboretum
–Expansion of IH-610 between 290 and IH-10 and addition of elevated structures
–Federal law regarding noise standards, development of abatement budget, delivery of information to local officials
–Direct and cumulative proximate impacts on parklands resulting from
the 290/610 expansion
–Development of a 4(f) analysis if noise budget is not sufficient to mitigate
–Right of city officials to participate in mitigation choices with FHWA and TxDOT
–Right of public to participate in 4(f) discussions and city officials to sign the 4(f)
–Federal statutes and regulations pertaining to federal aid highway projects

NOTICE OF LAWSUIT AND COMPLAINT
This is to advise of a lawsuit regarding direct, indirect, and cumulative traffic noise impacts and noise abatement filed in federal district against the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) on March 7, 2011, regarding the US290 Corridor project, which calls for the
expansion of US290 and the expansion of elevated mainlanes for 610 between 290 heading south to IH-10 and the construction of elevated interchange structures. THIS LAWSUIT CONTAINS A PARKLANDS AND ARBORETUM CLAIM AGAINST THE FHWA. TxDOT was not named in the suit.
Start Time: 19:00
Date: 2011-06-01
End Time: 20:30