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Monday, June 6, 2011

Noise Pollution Being Measured In City

A Saint John man was out and about with a decibel meter this weekend to bring awareness to what he says is excessive motor vehicle noise in the uptown.

Sam Blue with Noise Free Saint John tells CHSJ News he plans to record noise levels from Kings Square at least once a month throughout the summer in order to get hard numbers showing Common Council and City Police how bad the problem has become.

Blue says provincial legislation requires cars and motorcycles to have mufflers but it's not being enforced, and noise levels seem to be getting worse instead of better.
 
He maintains part of the problem are cars and motorcycles that have illegal exhaust systems. Provincial legislation requires vehicles to have a muffler but Blue argues it's not being enforced.