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Is there anything that can be done about noise pollution when the people have special permits to do what they want?

    Ive been living here almost 5 yrs and last april they decided to tear down the library, court house and fire station down the street and make a convention center out of it.  Ever since then I'm exhausted, they have no consideration, theyve woken me up at 5am, Im in school right now and cant even do homework at all at home,not even at night since now theyre starting to work till midnight,  I sleep with fans on and earplugs, at least that part is a little further away so i can get away with hearing them using a fan and earplugs, the demolition has woken me up at 5am, im in school and need my sleep. right now im hearing stuff slamming around, they take all your quiet times away from you, i never have a quiet night anymore, cant even enjoy saturdays anymore, its not like i can take off to the movies, cant find work so i cant just spend money like that, ive even seen them around on sundays too. theyre there almost 24/7. i ever heard them when it was raining out this morning so nothing keeps them away. I cant just move cause i have hud , moving would be too expensive unless  someone wanted to hire me as a live in which is something ive looked into. I have filed a complaint but all they say is their permit allows them to do this anytime they want, literally 24/7. I wouldve never moved here if id known they were going to do this, now i cant sleep nights either thanks to them.  so where can you complain about it when theres no where to complain to? any suggestions?

Posted - October 6, 2016

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  • Not if they are within the limits of their permit.   It will be over soon.   If they are pulling night shifts now then it should be close.  That usually means it's the final push.  Things gotta be built somehow.
      October 6, 2016 10:00 PM MDT
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  • 22891
    thats a good point about that theyre close cause of the night shifts,didnt know that one
      October 6, 2016 10:06 PM MDT
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  • 17364
    You must live "downtown" and they are trying to do the job as quickly as they can with the least amount of inconvenience to the public.  You live downtown so you just have to put up with it.  It 's a good reason to live away from downtown.
      October 6, 2016 10:04 PM MDT
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  • 22891
    wish i could move but im out of work and this is low income housing
      October 6, 2016 10:07 PM MDT
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  • 2758
    Buy earplugs?  Maybe a white noise machine?
      October 7, 2016 2:29 AM MDT
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  • 22891
    i already have earplugs and im running fans  at night
      October 9, 2016 9:39 PM MDT
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