Too late for the Village of Justice, Illinois!

Yep, to late now!  Even if we stay at 40dB everyday for the rest of the month the Village will break it's highest month average that has been recorded in the past year+.

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Traffic Noise of the Village of Justice IL

This is the frustrating part of living in the Village of Justice, IL

So yesterday morning was 60dB at 5:30am and dropped to about 40dB by 9am.  It stayed at about 40dB all day and most of the night (last recorded at midnight).  This in my eyes is magical and exactly what we remember about moving to our house, quiet with a large plot of land.

Now, think about this- how can it go through weekday period of pre-rush, rush hours and post rush hours being so quiet (~40dB) yet somehow 60dB is acceptable.  In my opinion, this is just as unacceptable as having your house shaken everyday.  A couple of the neighbors, seemed OK with both situations but we have to remember- this is our home, our house, our neighborhood, our community.  My hope is that we need to standup as a community and say no more, these situations are unacceptable before it is too late.  Then all we will hear is loud traffic noise and have lower property values and when we complain be told so sorry but it has always been that way.

This morning was 46dB at 5:30am

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On Pace to break an unwanted record

So where to start,

Not only have the earthquakes come back with our only recourse is to call a number to complain and hear how legally they can continue blasting at 105% (the person I spoke with seemed ill educated and quite confrontational) and putting cracks in our ceilings and foundations.  To sum the conversation up "So sorry please call again".

Blasting company 1       Village of Justice 0

Well the traffic noise is ramped up this month and unless there is a dramatic decrease we will break our record for monthly average.  Currently this May is 49 dB, how loud is 49 dB? Imagine having a conversation with someone that never stops talking.  So far the loudest morning of this month was 61dB which is like being in a busy diner/restaurant.  Just thing about this- a few decibels higher and it would be equivalent to being 50ft from an 65mph interstate, yet I'm taking the reading at 0.7 miles aways from the nearest highway!

Traffic 1          Village of Justice 0



I am so looking forward to road construction season!

In case you want a direct link:
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Traffic Noise of the Village of Justice IL

Highs and Lows in Traffic Noise in the Village of Justice

So far April has been the quietest month this year in terms of traffic noise in the Village of Justice, IL.  It comes as a surprise as up until the middle of the month it had higher than normal traffic noise followed by a few weeks straight of bellow average noise.

May, however has already shown to be a louder month (God, I truly hope it changes).  The Village of Justice does have some promising qualities e.g. property with large plots of land, nice neighbors, quiet local traffic.  It also has lots of things that need work too e.g.  Loud traffic from the larger roads, sub par schools (before I hear anything- I am a thesis paper away from a Masters in Education), little to no sidewalks, almost no businesses for walking and lets not forget the earthquakes from the quarry blasts!  I believe the Village is going in the right direction even if I believe nothing has been done to address the LOUD traffic noise. I also believe if the Village could tap into some of the resources e.g. make a connection to the I&M canal trail and publicize it (heck even a small store) to attract people, Permaculture in another thing I believe would attract people to this area.  We now live in a time were people are very interested in where their food comes from- and would love to have huge gardens a few chickens even a small goat.  Lets face it, I would rather listen to a rooster/goat all day apposed to LOUD traffic noise that can be unrelenting!


lately I have been very tempted to build an automated system with live data monitoring, average hourly and daily sound levels.  This would be built on a raspberry Pi 3 and combine a small weather station data with a directional mic that would rotate.  I imagine I could write code to compensate for train and plane generated sounds, but whats the fun in that!  This project, although depressing at times, has been a lot of fun.




In case you want a direct link:
I have the recorded stats for the past 400+ days!
Check the stats:
Traffic Noise of the Village of Justice IL