Tennessee HB2009 amends state law to allow counties and municipalities to request traffic noise studies for residential properties near state.

Tennessee HB2009 amends Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 4, Chapter 3 and Title 54, relative to highway traffic noise. It allows a county or municipality, by resolution of its legislative body, to request the department of transportation conduct a highway traffic noise study for residential properties located along the sound propagation path of a state highway if a tree zone has been removed, cut, or cleared behind the residential properties for purposes unrelated to natural structure or barrier.

Tennessee HB2009 amends state law to allow counties and municipalities to request traffic noise studies for residential properties near state.

Tennessee HB2009 amends Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 4, Chapter 3 and Title 54, relative to highway traffic noise. It allows a county or municipality, by resolution of its legislative body, to request the department of transportation conduct a highway traffic noise study for residential properties located along the sound propagation path of a state highway if a tree zone has been removed, cut, or cleared behind the residential properties for purposes unrelated to natural structure or barrier.