RE: Encroachments and further drama's but let's focus on the good

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"Currently the in design is a rusted iron ore kind of look. At first I wasn't a fan of it as I remember it first emerged about 8 years ago where an artist-designed a sound barrier opposite my home for a rail line upgrade... the uproar 7 years ago from local residents expressed their anger at the fences calling them an eye sore. "

Interesting you noted that. Change is sometimes hard to accept initially. I can see why it blended the landscape well although I'm personally not fond of the rust-look either. Is the sound barrier effective?

I can't imagine the stress you're in at the moment. Sorry to hear you're going through that.



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Ah! I know so many things going on and there are so many issues it really hurts my head to think at times.

Change is always hard and unwelcoming at the start but people tend to warm upto it eventually. The sound barriers are really effective. I used to live across the road from that train line and many times I would be woken at 1am by a train horn. Once installed as population increased and more people complained they came out with a ridged design as the train line is narrow and flat surfaces cause sound to bounce and echo.

The ridges broke the sound waves up and significantly reduced the sound. Very good design.

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So cool that the sound barriers they have designed work well! Hope everything works out well for you in your project.

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