Loudest Month of traffic noise in the Village of Justice, IL.

August 2015 has been the loudest month of traffic noise since I started this project of recorded daily noise levels on March 1st 2015.  August narrowly beat July but again- I wish something would be done about the traffic noise.  We would rather not move, especially for all the time, effort and money we invested in our property.  The amount of traffic noise increased dramatically over the past 5 year!

I seem to be able to tell the next days level the night before.  e.g. last night around 11pm I recorded 51dB.



I just check and have over 2,000 views of my posts on the traffic noise

  Here is a link to part of my database:
Village of Justice, IL. traffic noise

55dB of traffic noise for over 12 hours in the Village of Justice, IL.

Well,

it has been 12+ hours of 55dB of traffic noise in the Village of Justice, Illinois.  Seems unbelievable but it is true!  Can only wish other people will start complaining! 


It has been increasingly frustrating that the quiet village we moved into some 12+ years ago has become a place of no quiet.  We put an incredible amount of time, effort and money for making our very large yard an "oasis" that was close to the city.  Hard to believe that working close to downtown and Lake Shore Drive could be quieter than home.........   Shame on you Village of Justice!

Village of Justice IL Sound levels

A new high in traffic noise in the village of justice IL

So, this past Saturday evening (~8pm) Aug 15th I recorded a new high in traffic noise of 54 dB!  Yes- 54dB is really nothing to be happy about.  By Sunday morning we were down to 52 dB and up to 53 dB at sunday night.  Monday morning ~5:10am was down to 52 dB.


Frankly this is disgusting! We are almost a mile away from the closest highway, hard to believe nobody else has noticed such increases in traffic noises over the past few years. Also, we had our first tremor again in months Friday late afternoon ~4:20pm.



At least I've been keeping track of it....
Sound Levels in the Village of Justice

An amazing afternoon and night of sound levels

So, when I got home from work on the 6th of August- I noticed something special. No traffic noise- AT ALL!   It was amazing and reminded us about the reason we chose to live in the village of Justice.  Now if it could just continue but highly unlikely :(