Common use of Traffic Noise Clause in Contracts

Traffic Noise. The preliminary traffic noise walls proposed for construction will be determined by TxDOT during the environmental phase of the project, before contract award. TxDOT will approve construction of each proposed noise wall after further design, constructability assessment, and through the public involvement process (polling of adjacent property owners and (noise workshops) by the DB Contractor during the environmental phase of the project, before contract award. DB Contractor shall construct all approvedproposed noise walls, and construction of noise walls shall, to the extent feasible, be done in the early construction phases of the Project to help minimize construction noise. In the event that DB Contractor’s design requires a re-assessment of the traffic noise impacts, DB Contractor shall document how it will address traffic noise mitigation and how it will perform public involvement associated with noise mitigation (noise workshops). At a minimum, the documentation shall include: • Process for carrying out noise workshops and noise mitigation measures as identified and discussed in any supplemental noise studies completed by DB Contractor; • Processes for carrying out noise mitigation measures determined throughout the Term; • Process for carrying out noise mitigation measures determined throughout the life of the Project; and • Process to handle changes that may occur to proposed permanent noise mitigation in the TxDOT-Provided Approval and Schematic Design.

Traffic Noise. The preliminary traffic noise walls proposed for construction will be determined by TxDOT during the environmental phase of the project, before contract award. TxDOT will approve construction of each proposed noise wall after further design, constructability assessment, and through the public involvement process (polling of adjacent property owners and (noise workshops) by the DB Contractor during the environmental phase of the project, before contract award. DB Contractor shall construct all approvedproposed noise walls, and construction of noise walls shall, to the extent feasible, be done in the early construction phases of the Project to help minimize construction noise. In the event that DB Contractor’s design requires a re-assessment of the traffic noise impacts, DB Contractor shall document how it will address traffic noise mitigation and how it will perform public involvement associated with noise mitigation (noise workshops). At a minimum, the documentation shall include: •  Process for carrying out noise workshops and noise mitigation measures as identified and discussed in any supplemental noise studies completed by DB Contractor; •  Processes for carrying out noise mitigation measures determined throughout the Term; •  Process for carrying out noise mitigation measures determined throughout the life of the Project; and •  Process to handle changes that may occur to proposed permanent noise mitigation in the TxDOT-Provided Approval and Schematic Design.