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£T. PXUL P[©r4EER P~E$-3 W'A,',.,"'.; T:/vlI,!CIFIF_~.COM <br /> <br />M,--.H;OMEDI Ar, ID WiLLERNiE <br /> <br /> :. ~ 3 ~I'~ ·~ <br />prompt,,,, <br />'-. Problems Centered on County Road <br /> <br /> BY Ml~G~N BObDT <br /> PioTzeer Press <br /> <br /> Does your muffler pop, <br /> eraelde or roar? Be careful it' <br /> you're driv-mg tltrough Maia- <br /> tome~ or Willenfie. <br /> The two Washing'~on County <br /> communities are sick and tired <br /> of noisy vehicles zipping <br />· through their downtowns; Law <br />enforcement o~ciais have <br />responded by bemg especially <br />vigilant this month in cracking <br />down on noise pollution from <br />cars and trucks. <br /> MahtomedJ Mayor ~Judson <br />Marshall said .the same road -- <br />County Road-].2 -- is the prob- <br />lem in bbth cormnLmities. <br /> He said residents of an apart- <br />ment buJidmg along one busy <br />intersection of the road m par- <br />ticulm- are suffering tb2'ougix <br />noise. <br /> "The mufflers, just rattle the <br />building," Marshatl said. <br /> "Of course, this tLme of year <br />is noisier," he said. <br /> "We have our windows open, <br />-so we hear it all. But sometlm~g <br />has to be done, and Pm glad the <br />sheriff's department is takmg <br />this seriously." <br /> The Washin~on County <br />sheriff's office receives most of <br />the complam~s because Ws nois- <br />ier on weeimnds '~th ~he influx <br />of bar patrons, Mm'shall said. <br />: "There are lot of vehicles iD <br />town that don't belong to people <br />here," he said. <br /> Patrol Sgt. Dean Tilley ._said <br />the WasPm~gton County depm't- <br />merit has heen w~)ridng on <br />probi~m on and off l:his am~men <br />But the number of complam~ <br />about loud vehicles -- especially <br />motorcycles -- :,s on Lhe rise. <br /> <br />stopped don't [mve Fnllf[lep~ ;-Ii <br />ali, which ts against, tae !aw. <br /> '~1 e,,, said <br />Lte. ci;~ii? '4._q i <br /> <br />exhaust a:qstems need repair. <br /> <br />cretion." Tilley said. <br /> . Sloven Pierro, owner, of the <br />Shore Club on County F[oad 12 " <br />in Willernie, said he ~hinks. the <br />noise problem is more dud to <br />~ncreased ~ra~c thm~ noisy <br />m~ers. <br /> C~s, ~ruc~s and motorcycles <br />whm by ~s htmmess, ~eating. <br />t~e road mor~ 'like a highway to <br />StiHwaten he said. ~d it's loud. <br /> "IEs ~ icky ~g[e d~orough- <br />fare," ~erro said; <br /> These co~m~es ~en't <br />the o~y eas~-met?o ~o~s ~ry- <br />mg'~o consol noise pollution. <br />Apple Vagey police o~cers <br />be usmg a decibel meter ~o <br />measure vebAcle noise l~vels <br />~d ticket moIa~ora. <br /> The D~<om Co~y Highway <br />Depmement ~so m~ place <br />signs along Coum~ goad 4~ <br />w~g that noise laws ~ be <br />mgorced. <br /> <br />Megan Boldt cruz be reaclzed at <br />mboldt(~_ pioneerpress, corn or <br /> <br />A(cord.ing to Minnesota <br />statute: "Every motor <br />vehicle shall at ail times <br />be equipped with a <br />muffler in good Working <br />,~rdm whtc~, blends the <br />exhaust noise into the <br />overall vei~icle noise and <br />is in consta~ operat',cn <br />[o orevent excessive or <br />unusual noise, and no <br />person shall use am, uffler <br /> <br />-Je,,'!,::a upon 3 motor <br />?goi~wav. 7~e <br /> <br /> <br />