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Motocross facility, residents of mobile-home park coexist
COPING: Neighbors deal with noise coming from the track. Dust and traffic are concerns.
06/21/2002
BY DAVID GARRETT
THE PRESS-ENTERPRISE
SAN JACINTO - As the dirt lot near her home was being converted to a motocross track, Sam Roesner made sure she was prepared -- she bought the highest-rated decibel-reducing earplugs she could find.
Roesner, 70, lives in the Soboba Springs Mobile Home Estates along Soboba View Drive, the street closest to the new site of the Competition Park motocross facility, which opened June 8.
Although her new earplugs couldn't keep the noise from a recent George Thorogood concert at Soboba Casino from reaching her ears, she said the noise from the motorcycle park has been a pleasant surprise.
"I don't hear the noise at all when I have the windows and doors closed," she said. "The wall is helping to keep the noise down."
DeeAnn Bradley
The Press-Enterprise
A rider gets some air at the Competition Park motocross facility in San Jacinto. The noise from the track has been a concern for some people living nearby.
The "wall" is a 20-foot-high berm of dirt separating Competition Park, which is on the Soboba Reservation, and the mobile-home park a few hundred yards away.
And although a distinctive buzz could be clearly heard along Soboba View Drive, residents closest to the motorcycle activity seem undisturbed.
"It's not bad," Fred Bryant, 80, said. "It's noisy if you stand out there. I thought it was going to be worse than what it is, but it would be a heck of a lot better if it wasn't there at all."
Like Roesner, Bryant said he can't hear the motorcycles once inside.
"If it stayed like this we could live with it," he said.
Although the noise has not been an issue for some, residents have had other concerns with their full-throttled neighbor.
Roesner said a watering truck that the facility uses to wet its tracks refills outside the park entrance, impeding motorists' view on the right as they leave the park.
The watering truck, which makes about 30 stops a day at the hydrant near the mobile-home park's entrance, is only a temporary inconvenience, said Ron Turner, Competition Park general manager. Turner said the truck will refill at the motocross facility once it has its water supply.
"I don't like it being there, either," he said. "It will stop completely within a month."
Barbara Devine, another resident along the road, said the dust kicked up by the bikes is more disturbing to her than the noise. Others are concerned about increased traffic.
Bryant said he was concerned about the noise level increasing as the facility gets more activity. Competition Park employee Shari Humphrey said June is traditionally a slower time of year for the park because of the heat.
Another concern for Roesner is the upcoming Motocross des Nations international championships, which may draw up to 50,000 people in September.
"The noise for that could be horrendous," she said. "I'm already planning on going out of town."
Competition Park is open from 9 a.m. to 10 p.m. daily. It closes on Thanksgiving and Christmas.
Reach David Garrett at (909) 763-3468 or dgarrett@pe.com
Motocross facility, residents of mobile-home park coexist
COPING: Neighbors deal with noise coming from the track. Dust and traffic are concerns.
06/21/2002
BY DAVID GARRETT
THE PRESS-ENTERPRISE
SAN JACINTO - As the dirt lot near her home was being converted to a motocross track, Sam Roesner made sure she was prepared -- she bought the highest-rated decibel-reducing earplugs she could find.
Roesner, 70, lives in the Soboba Springs Mobile Home Estates along Soboba View Drive, the street closest to the new site of the Competition Park motocross facility, which opened June 8.
Although her new earplugs couldn't keep the noise from a recent George Thorogood concert at Soboba Casino from reaching her ears, she said the noise from the motorcycle park has been a pleasant surprise.
"I don't hear the noise at all when I have the windows and doors closed," she said. "The wall is helping to keep the noise down."
DeeAnn Bradley
The Press-Enterprise
A rider gets some air at the Competition Park motocross facility in San Jacinto. The noise from the track has been a concern for some people living nearby.
The "wall" is a 20-foot-high berm of dirt separating Competition Park, which is on the Soboba Reservation, and the mobile-home park a few hundred yards away.
And although a distinctive buzz could be clearly heard along Soboba View Drive, residents closest to the motorcycle activity seem undisturbed.
"It's not bad," Fred Bryant, 80, said. "It's noisy if you stand out there. I thought it was going to be worse than what it is, but it would be a heck of a lot better if it wasn't there at all."
Like Roesner, Bryant said he can't hear the motorcycles once inside.
"If it stayed like this we could live with it," he said.
Although the noise has not been an issue for some, residents have had other concerns with their full-throttled neighbor.
Roesner said a watering truck that the facility uses to wet its tracks refills outside the park entrance, impeding motorists' view on the right as they leave the park.
The watering truck, which makes about 30 stops a day at the hydrant near the mobile-home park's entrance, is only a temporary inconvenience, said Ron Turner, Competition Park general manager. Turner said the truck will refill at the motocross facility once it has its water supply.
"I don't like it being there, either," he said. "It will stop completely within a month."
Barbara Devine, another resident along the road, said the dust kicked up by the bikes is more disturbing to her than the noise. Others are concerned about increased traffic.
Bryant said he was concerned about the noise level increasing as the facility gets more activity. Competition Park employee Shari Humphrey said June is traditionally a slower time of year for the park because of the heat.
Another concern for Roesner is the upcoming Motocross des Nations international championships, which may draw up to 50,000 people in September.
"The noise for that could be horrendous," she said. "I'm already planning on going out of town."
Competition Park is open from 9 a.m. to 10 p.m. daily. It closes on Thanksgiving and Christmas.
Reach David Garrett at (909) 763-3468 or dgarrett@pe.com