Residents of Brick Condo Development Demand Parkway Sound Barrier

Residents of the Evergreen Woods condo development, which backs up to the Garden State Parkway, recently made a video as part of an effort to call on the New Jersey Turnpike Authority to build a sound barrier wall between the roadway and their development.

Since construction on the Parkway began as part of a plan to create shoulders and improve traffic flow in the accident-prone area near mile marker 91, several residents have continually attended township council meetings to voice their concerns.

The decision on whether or not to build a sound barrier, however, rests with the Turnpike Authority, the state agency which has jurisdiction over the roadway.

State officials, in numerous documents, have said the area does not qualify for such a sound barrier, but the residents contend the noise from the roadway has increased since thousands of trees were removed when the project began.

Township officials have since received a grant to replant trees in the area, but the residents are still calling for a sound barrier to be constructed.

Evergreen Woods is located off Herborn Avenue west of the Parkway.