Port of Seattle flyer Sea-Tac Forum January 1987-3

The Port of Seattle has soundproofed 14 Sea-Tac area homes so far to minimize the noise impact from nearby aircraft. The soundproofing is part of the Port’s Demonstration Program to test the new remedies of noise insulation and home selling (“transaction”) assistance on a sample of about 20 homes in the area. The Demonstration Program will help solve technical and procedural problems before the Port carries out these remedies on potentially thousands of additional homes under its full-scale Noise Remedy Program over the next 15 years. People living in the newly noise-insulated homes generally are finding that the intensity of jet noise heard inside the house has decreased considerably as a result of the work. They report that they now can watch TV, talk on the telephone and hold conversations with fewer or no interruptions, and that sleep disturbance is minimized. Technical tests also are under way to measure the decrease in noise, and the results should be available soon. One of the noise-insulated homes was placed on the market under the transac tion (home selling) assistance part of the Demonstration Program early in November. It has tentatively been sold, with Port assistance in the form of partial payment of the real estate fee. This will be the first home to receive selling assistance under the Port’s Demonstration Program. As the noise insulation and home selling assistance elements of the Noise Remedy Program continue, participants will be selected from a list of homeowners Sea-Tac Forum Committee November meeting At the…

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