Traffic Noise Detection Pilot Program Gets OK In Westchester

WESTCHESTER COUNTY, NY — A pilot program using automatic noise detectors has been approved that will, hopefully, improve noise control for people living near the parkways in Westchester County.

The Board of Legislators approved Monday financing for the pilot program. The goal is to identify and ultimately ticket drivers who violate legal noise limits.

Legislator Ruth Walter, D-Bronxville and Yonkers, is the chairwoman of the board's Environmental and Health Committee.

She said she regularly hears from constituents living along the Bronx River Parkway about the problem of noisy vehicles.

"Identifying and cracking down on drivers who violate noise limits will make a meaningful difference to the quality of life for people in my district," Walter said. "But it is also important to the quality of life of residents all over the county."

Public Safety Chairman Colin Smith, D-Cortlandt, Peekskill, Yorktown, said he hopes the study will help arrive at a forward-looking, technology solution that can be deployed around the county.

"Noise violations are serious and important detriments to the quality of life of people who live around our major roadways," he said. "But just as important, they are often associated with dangerous behavior like drag racing."

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