Decades in the making, $3.2 million worth of lead mitigation and sound moderation measures are moving along at the Dingwall-Horan Firearms Training Facility, used by both city police and the FBI. Noise complaints from neighboring homeowners concerning the gunfire at 260 Meriden Road over the past 20 years have largely abated at the center, located next to the Mount Higby reservoir, according to Public Works Director Chris Holden. The FBI has contributed $1.68 million to the cost of updates, and the city paid $1.5 million toward the work over the course of two $750,000 bond referendums approved by voters. Thirty-foot high concrete walls are in, as are the berms, or raised earthen banks, Public Works Deputy Director Howard Weissberg said. “Studies show we needed 30 feet of height to provide noise reduction. We have achieved it between the embankment and noise wall.”
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