RESIDENT COMPLAINS ABOUT MISSING SOUNDWALL SECTION

The City has received many emails over the past two weeks from City resident Jeannie Chen

regarding a “missing” section of

soundwalls on the south side of the

210 Freeway, where the Metro A Line

bridge crosses over. Metro has

responded to the resident on

multiple occasions, stating that the

section was not forgotten; rather,

that area, when studied in 2017 as

part of the study that led to the

recent soundwall installation, did not

have sufficient sound issues to

warrant a soundwall addition.

Basically, the cost to install wouldn’t

be worth it for that section. The

resident is seeking City and Metro

support for adding the soundwall in the future. Metro has said there is no funding currently

available to add another soundwall in Arcadia and that they have many other backlogged projects they are pursuing even if the wall would be warranted. They have also said that the City could directly fund additional soundwalls if desired (City Manager is not sure why Arcadia would wants to take on that expense if the wall wouldn’t help anyway). The resident has set up a meeting with Metro on Monday to further discuss this situation; City Manager presume that the resident may reach out to Council Members for assistance at some point. There is nothing for the City Councils to do as now.