Researchers at the Swiss Federal Laboratories for Materials Science and Technology (EMPA) have developed an ultra-thin traffic noise absorber that significantly reduces sound levels while occupying ...

Ko-Solar, a U.S.-based solar technologies, and R. Kohlhauer, a German noise barrier systems specialist, announced plans to ...

More solar panels could be going up along busy stretches of Massachusetts highway in an effort to produce more clean energy.

Drivers on South State Road, Route 1, in Springfield Township just north of Interstate 476, the Blue Route, may have noticed seven or eight sound barrier panels that have been chopped to nearly ...

The see-through barrier sits along a 1,000-foot stretch west of the interstate on Crescent Avenue. KYTC said that this is the first time the clear wall setup has been used in Kentucky, but it has ...

However, they also note that, historically, more projects are listed in the highway plan than funds available. If you have a Good Question you’d like us to try to answer, send it to goodquestion ...

The shorter barrier also doesn't pencil out, but only barely. It would cost about $386,000 to build, but that's still $32,132 per benefited home, again beyond the state's reasonability threshold.