Every day, Patrick Berthelot walks his dog in his Henderson Lake neighbourhood.
But lately, the man says noise coming from construction in the area has made those walks unbearable.
The city has been working with D.A. Electric to replace electric cables over the past year. City officials say they acknowledge the noise, but their work is far from over.
“We are going through and doing a controlled replacement, making sure everything is brand new,” said William Hillary, Distribution Engineer for the City of Lethbridge. “Transformers, pedestals, all the cable and that sort of thing to ensure reliable power for our customers.”
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Electric cables like the ones running through Berthelot’s neighbourhood last about 35 years. The city says by pro-actively replacing them, residents can be spared long lasting power outages.
The city adds equipment needed for this project can be noisy, but since the noise complaint was made it is working to reduce the volume.
The project is a city wide initiative and officials say they’ve found a way to help with the noise.
“We have instructed our contractor to dial back the RPM on the machine, the hydrovac machine, to a lower RPM, which ultimately means it resonates at a lower frequency and should have less of an irritating noise to it,” said Hillary.
“The continual exposure to this, is literally driving people in the neighbourhood crazy,” added Berthelot.
City officials say noise reduction blankets are also on the way, which should help to muffle the volume.
The blankets should arrive by next week.
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