Bob Hope Airport getting new noise monitoring systems

The system that monitors noise from Bob Hope Airport is about to get an overhaul for the first time in 30 years.

The Burbank-Glendale-Pasadena Airport Authority on Monday tapped Lochard Corp., an international airport logistics firm, to replace its aging noise-monitoring gear. The cost for the new equipment at 20 sites around the city is $737,000.

After a year, the airport will also pay Lochard at least $92,000 a year for maintenance and warranties, according to the agreement.

Airport officials said the existing system dates back to 1980 and works well, but the manufacturer has declared it obsolete.

"We've had great success with it," said airport environmental programs director Mark Handyment. But with the equipment out of production, "you are down to spare parts to keep your system alive."

Read the full report on the Burbank Airport noise monitors here.

--Bill Kisliuk

Photo: Burbank Leader

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Lochard also manages some of the noise programs for other local airports. To complain about noise from LAX and other area airports, you use the Lochard web site. http://lax.webtrak.lochard.com

Noise from airports is a major issue the FAA and airports need to continue managing. They have done better than in the past but have not done a good enough job balancing airport traffic and the sanity of neighborhoods. For example, no private helicopter (not police or ambulatory helicopter) needs to fly low above residential neighborhoods at 2am.