The noise level in Stacey Sell’s Circle G Ranches backyard near Loop 101 is well above the federal maximum of 67 decibels. | Photo courtesy of Stacey Sell
By Wrangler News
Stacey Sell, who lives in Circle G Ranches, says she has lost the enjoyment of her backyard, where she likes to garden and lounge on her hammock, due to increased noise from newly widened Loop 101. Readings from her yard routinely are in the 73-decibel-plus range. –Wrangler News photo by Joyce Coronel
Perhaps the only thing louder than the roar of traffic along recently widened Loop 101/Price Freeway through Tempe and Chandler is the uproar from residents living within a half mile of the din.
“It’s been wicked loud,” said Nancy Herbst, whose custom home is in Round Valley Estates on the southwestern side of Loop 101 and Guadalupe Road. “It’s like living in a Motel 6 on the side of a freeway.”
