Lawmakers Request GAO Study of DC Metro Area Helicopter Noise

摘要

U.S. Representatives from Maryland, Virginia, and Washington, D.C., have asked the Government Accountability Office (GAO) to conduct a formal study of helicopter operations that impose noise impacts on residents of the national capital area. "Many of our constituents live with the impacts of regular helicopter noise that interrupts sleep patterns, causes their homes to shake, and negatively impacts their quality of life," they wrote to Comptroller General Gene Dodaro late last month.