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Low and loud: Government to study helicopter noise around nation’s capital
Washington,
June 7, 2019
WTOP |
After complaints from residents in Virginia, Maryland and D.C., the Government Accountability Office will conduct a study of helicopter noise in and around the nation’s capital. Local lawmakers, headed by D.C. Delegate Eleanor Holmes Norton, had sent a letter to the GAO in January, saying “many of our constituents live with the impacts of regular helicopter noise that interrupts sleep patterns, causes their homes to shake and negatively impacts their quality of life.” The complaints reported what seemed like a recent increase in the number of helicopter flights and the severity of noise. |