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September 21, 2005

Homes may not qualify for soundproofing

Since the North High Point/Jamestown blog is back in business, I'll add my story from today.

HIGH POINT - All the homes in north High Point's only community that could receive soundproofing to reduce noise from the FedEx overnight hub may not be eligible, a city official said Tuesday.

Depending on the path the FedEx planes take, some or all of the 57 homes in Frazier Downs may hear enough noise to be eligible under the Federal Aviation Administration’s guidelines, High Point Planning Director Lee Burnette said as he briefed City Council members on a Piedmont Triad International Airport study.

The study is looking at ways to reduce noise when planes begin flying out of the hub in 2009.

FedEx hopes to have 63 takeoffs and 63 landings each weekday night at PTI by 2014. Most of the flights are expected to go over north High Point’s residential neighborhoods.

Changes could be made to the departure corridors as part of the study.

High Point will likely ask that the planes be turned slightly as they take off to avoid some of the noise.

Once the exact path of the planes is determined, some homes in the noisiest areas may not be eligible for soundproofing because of when they were built, Burnette said.

The consultant doing the study for PTI has said that would encompass homes built after the FAA officially approved the construction of the hub, and that was on Dec. 31, 2001.

Contact Amy Dominello at 883-4422, Ext. 248, or adominello@news-record.com

Posted by Amy Dominello at September 21, 2005 1:44 PM