Drivers in Richland can expect several highway projects this summer, with WSDOT crews working diligently to enhance road ...

YOUNGSTOWN, Ohio (WKBN) – A new noise wall is going up along Interstate ... are busy taking down trees on the east side of the highway, between Midlothian Boulevard to south of Matthews Road.

Walker Mill Road over I-680 is closed through mid-June ... from just north of U.S. Route 224 to state Route 170 for noise wall installation. The estimated completion date is September.

Noise and Sound Walls: Built of wood, stucco, concrete, masonry, metal and other materials, these walls have limitations. They must be high enough and long enough to block the view of a road ...

The project is funded by Connecting Washington, the 2015 transportation package funded by gas taxes.

But those walls were actually constructed for noise reduction. More from Transportation Most people think that the walls alongside highways, often made of concrete, brick, or wood, are for crash ...

“Currently, the Department’s priority is the replacement in‐kind of existing walls that are deteriorating ... firsthand the increasing noise pollution from highway traffic, which negatively ...