Highways, Roads and Bridges - As enacted, authorizes a county or municipality to request the department of transportation to conduct a highway traffic noise study for residential properties located along the sound propagation path of a state or interstate highway if certain criteria are met. - Amends TCA Title 4, Chapter 3 and Title 54.

Summary

The bill lets a county or city council request that the Tennessee Department of Transportation conduct a noise study for homes near a state or interstate highway. The request is allowed only if trees that once blocked the highway’s sound path have been removed and there is no existing noise barrier or natural shielding. It gives affected neighborhoods data to address increased traffic noise.

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