OUR PROJECT EXPERIENCE

TRAFFIC NOISE AND VIBRATION TECHNICAL EXPERIENCE

Prairie Engineers staff has personally been involved in numerous highway traffic noise studies throughout the state of Illinois, and have experience in reviewing rail traffic noise and vibration studies in addition to highway traffic noise.  Code of Federal Regulation (23) 771 and 772 discuss environmental impacts and procedures required to be followed by the Federal Transit Administration (FTA) and Federal Highway Administration (FHWA). These procedures include analyzing noise from highway and rail traffic, and vibration from rail. Further clarification is provided within technical memorandum produced by the respective agencies: FTA – Transit Noise and Vibration Impact Assessment; and FHWA Traffic Noise Model Technical Manual. The Illinois Department of Transportation has produced the ‘Highway Traffic Noise Assessment Manual’ to serve as a guidance document for performing highway traffic noise analysis in Illinois.

The guidance documents define the procedures to identify the impact criteria (FTA) or abatement criteria (FHWA) which represent the threshold of an impact and the subsequent consideration of mitigation measures. The thresholds define when an impact occurs, but do not represent mitigation design criteria. Methodologies for analysis must conform to the FTA Noise and Vibration Assessment for rail and FHWA Traffic Noise Model (TNM) 2.5. Mitigation of noise and vibration impacts is based on whether a potential mitigation option is both reasonable (economically viable) and feasible (technically viable).

Project experience includes the evaluation of a noise and vibration assessment for the new passenger rail service between Chicago and the Quad Cities and the following highway traffic noise studies:

• John Deere Road (IL Route 5) roadway improvements in Moline (IDOT District 2) for reconfiguration of interchange and intersections over an approximately three mile long corridor through a dense commercial and residential area,
• US Route 20 Rockford Bypass (IDOT District 2) which incorporated an interchange with IL Route 2 on the southwest side of Rockford,
• West Main Street overpass of a BNSF rail line in Galesburg (IDOT District 2) within a historic district west of downtown,
• Kellogg/Seminary streets reconfiguration and overpass of a BNSF rail line (IDOT District 2) in the downtown historic district of Galesburg,
• IL Route 29 widening project from Gardner Lane to McCluggage Bridge (IDOT District 4) between the Illinois River and adjacent bluff in Peoria,
• Pioneer Parkway Extension from Allen Road to IL Route 6 (IDOT District 4) through predominately agricultural land as part of control urban growth for the City of Peoria,
• Veterans Drive Extension from Broadway in Pekin to Fisher Road in Creve Couer and inclusive of a new interchange with I-474 in Peoria County (IDOT District 4),
• I-57/70 improvements and lane additions (IDOT District 7) from the North to South Tri-Level in Effingham, and
• New Rieder Road Interchange with I-64 (IDOT District 8) to provide access to the north side of Scott Air Force Base.

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Allen Road Drainage Design

Springfield Metro Sanitary District: Sugar Creek

Camp Lincoln Parking Lot

Dekalb Taylor Airport Drainage Study

The Grove/Kickapoo Creek

Gregory Drive Reconstruction Survey

Pulaski Street

Indian Creek Covered Bridge

City of Lincoln Roadway Condition Index

Ameren Vegetation Management Survey

Galesburg ADA Improvement Survey

Boundary Surveys at Airports

US Route 20 4(f) Report

Dubuque Mitigation Monitoring

USACE Levee Inspections

St. John's Hospital Parking Lot Permitting

Lincoln Engineering Program Management

Northeast Missouri Regional Airport Permit

City of Lincoln GIS Sewer Inventory

Stout Field

Missouri River Hydrogeomorphic Study

Alexander Lumber ALTA

Peoria City/County Landfill Surveys

Sterling Riverfront

Fifth Street Road Reconstruction

Rural Fifth Street Road Right-of-way Appraisals

Lincoln TIF District

Lincoln Park District Parking Lot

Palestine Streetscape

USACE Levee Surveys

Muscatatuck Urban Training Center

Lincoln Downtown Revitalization

Southern Illinois Airport Stormwater Detention Design

Chicago to Quad Cities at Grade Rail Crossing Surveys

Quincy Bridge Replacement

City of Waggoneer Grant Administration Project

Parkwood Prairies

Lincoln Capital Improvement Plan

Macon County Conservation District Master Plan Update

Litchfield Streetscape

Springfield Metro Sanitary District

Adams Electric Cooperative

Iowa Interstate Tree Density Survey

Abraham Lincoln Memorial Hospital Water and Sewer Main Extention

Savannah Riverport Railroad Yard Surveys

Traffic Noise and Vibration Technical Experience

Lincoln Distribution Center of Illinois - American Water Company

Aviation Boundary Surveys

Camp Butler National Cemetery

Lincoln Station Boundary Survey

Cardinal Hill Road

Central Illinois Ag Survey

Illinois American Water High Speed Rail Crossing