As part of an ongoing multi-million dollar ODOT project, some neighbors to I-680 in Youngstown and Boardman between Midlothian Boulevard and Matthews Road will benefit from a noise wall. 

"Through our noise analysis it was determined that this section of 680 qualified for a noise barrier because these homes were built before the construction of the interstate.", said Ray Marsch, District 4's Public Information Officer.

However, those whose homes were built after the interstate was built, won't qualify.

"In the summer you can't open your windows, you can't open your doors, you can't even hear the people in your house.", said Michelle Detunno, who has lived on Tara Drive in Boardman Township for the last 30 years.

She says many of her neighbors moved in prior to Boardman becoming the commercial hub that it is.

"The freeway was fine, plus a lot of us worked in Pittsburgh and Lordstown. That's why we chose the freeway.", Detunno added.

ODOT officials acknowledged that increases in noise and traffic were variables in the study that was done, and that not all of the homes approved for the sound wall were occupied by the original owners.

"It doesn't matter if the ownership of the home has changed over time. We looked at if the home was built before the interstate.", Marsch concluded.

Detunno says she's reached out to state lawmakers in hopes of a resolution.