Minnesota § 161.125 SOUND ABATEMENT ALONG HIGHWAYS

Minnesota Statutes

§ 161.125 — SOUND ABATEMENT ALONG HIGHWAYS

Minnesota § 161.125

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Minn. Stat. § 161.125 (2026).

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Subdivision 1.Implementation. The commissioner of transportation shall implement noise abatement measures within or along the perimeter of freeways and expressways contingent on the availability of funding, in accordance with section116.07, subdivision 2a. Subd. 2. MS 1976 [Repealed,1977 c 454 s 49] Subd. 3.Sound-abatement measures.

(a)For the purpose of this section, sound-abatement measures include but are not limited to the following:

(1)traffic-management measures, including reduced speed limits or exclusion and rerouting of excessively noisy vehicles;

(2)design and construction measures, including use of sound-absorbing road surface materials, landscaping and planning, acquisition of buffer zones or noise insulation of buildings on abutting property;

(3)enforcement of the motor

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Subdivision 1.Implementation.
The commissioner of transportation shall implement noise abatement measures within or along the perimeter of freeways and expressways contingent on the availability of funding, in accordance with section116.07, subdivision 2a.

Subd. 2.
MS 1976 [Repealed,1977 c 454 s 49]

Subd. 3.Sound-abatement measures.
(a) For the purpose of this section, sound-abatement measures include but are not limited to the following:
(1) traffic-management measures, including reduced speed limits or exclusion and rerouting of excessively noisy vehicles;
(2) design and construction measures, including use of sound-absorbing road surface materials, landscaping and planning, acquisition of buffer zones or noise insulation of buildings on abutting property;
(3) enforcement of the motor vehicle source noise limits of the Pollution Control Agency and of the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration; and
(4) other measures designed for the purpose of reducing motor vehicle source noise or reducing the effects of that noise.
(b) The commissioner of public safety shall cooperate with the commissioner of transportation in implementing any sound-abatement measures that include law enforcement activities.

Legislative History

1975 c 203 s 20;1976 c 164 s 1;1976 c 166 s 7;1977 c 454 s 13,14;1978 c 791 s 18;1981 c 357 s 49;1983 c 326 s 1;1995 c 265 art 2 s 16;2009 c 86 art 1 s 24;2023 c 68 art 5 s 6;2025 c 20 s 149