A.C.R. 31


Assembly Concurrent Resolution No. 31--Committee on 
    Transportation

                    May 3, 1995
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      Referred to Committee on Transportation


SUMMARY--Expresses support for programs to mitigate 
          traffic noise. (BDR R-1959)




EXPLANATION--Matter in italics is new; matter in bra
ckets [ ] is material to be omitted.

ASSEMBLY CONCURRENT RESOLUTION--Expressing support for programs to 
        mitigate traffic noise.


  WHEREAS, The section of U.S. Highway No. 395 
between Oddie Boulevard and the junction with Interstate 
Highway No. 80 in Reno is one of the busiest roads in the 
State of Nevada; and
  WHEREAS, Many residents of neighborhoods on 
the west side of this highway purchased their homes before 
the freeway was built or before the traffic reached its 
current volume; and
  WHEREAS, No effort was made to mitigate 
traffic noise at the time this freeway was constructed; and
  WHEREAS, This noise seriously interferes with 
the ability of these residents to sleep, work and enjoy 
family activities; and
  WHEREAS, Residents of this neighborhood have 
petitioned the Nevada Legislature for relief; and
  WHEREAS, Nevada's Department of Transportation 
is planning to undertake an experimental program for the 
abatement of traffic noise; now, therefore, be it
  RESOLVED BY THE ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF NEVADA, THE 
SENATE CONCURRING, That the members of the Nevada 
Legislature express their support for programs to mitigate 
traffic noise and urge the Board of Directors of the Nevada 
Department of Transportation to select the section of U.S. 
Highway No. 395 between Oddie Boulevard and the junction 
with Interstate Highway No. 80 in Reno as a site for one of 
its first experimental programs; and be it further
  RESOLVED, That the Chief Clerk of the Assembly 
prepare and transmit a copy of this resolution to the Board 
of Directors of the Nevada Department of Transportation.

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