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Yet, [Gerald Gardner] countered, Mon-Fayette traffic will likely exceed federal noise regulations, requiring the Turnpike to reduce the noise, probably by constructing high sound-blocking walls along the concrete crevasse. "You don't need to know anything about sound to see that these houses are too close to the highway," said Gardner. "My personal suggestion is to buy these properties so these people can be satisfied."
Mon-Fayette backers have often dismissed concerns about nearby houses by saying they're run-down anyway, she added after the meeting. But that still leaves the structures -- made even less desirable by being next to a highway -- in the community's care, to board up or demolish. "Blight tends to work in a capillary fashion," DiPietro said, spreading outward from the neglected houses near the road to other parts of the neighborhood. She also worried that maintaining the landscaping on the "lids" might be the responsibility of Hazelwood volunteers or the financially strapped City of Pittsburgh. Added DiPietro, "For a community that's just trying to survive, that's a burden."See the full content of this document
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Hazelwood's Hopes: Raised or Razed?
At a community meeting on Nov. 1, Hazelwood residents anxiously perused a map showing a gash running the length of their neighborhood that would be 25 feet deep and approximately 100 feet wide.
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