The inevitable homeowner complaints rolled in as officials tried to determine which houses to work on first. I don't care if it's two years or five years, but whatever you tell me it's going to be, get it done. Smith said one of his neighbors received a new porch door that, when installed, had a finger-sized gap between the wall. The contractor eventually brought another door that sat uninstalled on the porch for almost a year. Wiley, a 30-year Huron resident, said he waited a year before E.L. Bailey Co. of Southfield did the soundproofing work on his home in May.
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The FAA expects domestic flights to increase 3.6 percent annually. We are considered a model for the rest of the country. In Cleveland, soundproofing delays led to a lawsuit from a community whose patience ran out. Mark Smith of Huron Township, who's renovating his kitchen, is tired of broken promises about soundproofing. Some were auctioned and moved elsewhere.