PennDOT is planning a sound abatement wall project in parts of Chester along I-95. (KATHLEEN E. CAREY - DAILY TIMES) He also warned that the walls will reduce the sound but it won’t eliminate it.

They're massive, they're everywhere and they're surprisingly misunderstood—here's what a highway wall is really for ...

The trail goes about 1.6 miles from 7th North Street to the Mattydale Plaza. As the state improves the highway this time around, they plan to add noise barriers for more than a mile.

Neither do I. But the solution to highway noise is not to create a walled canyon paid for by others. Sound barriers, in my view, are a waste of precious resources.

For many drivers in Santa Barbara County, the daily commute along Highway 166 is more than a routine, it’s a safety concern. From backed-up intersections to unsafe crossings near schools ...

Back in 2015, the state began a modernization effort that removed established and valuable sound abatement vegetation to expand that part of I-75 by two lanes going north and south.

SUNLIGHT IS ABOUT TO PLAY HOST TO A BUNCH OF SOLAR PANELS. WE’RE USED TO SEEING SOLAR PANELS ALONG SIDE THE HIGHWAY, BUT WE COULD SOON THE STATE HARNESSING SAROL ENERGY ON HIGHWAY SOUND BARRIERS ...

In Houston, where “The Katy,” a 26-lane freeway was expanded in 2008 and regarded by those who make the freeways as a congestion solution, is now congested, and more lanes were being considered last ...