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Having seen no sound improvement, Old Strathcona area Coun. Ben Henderson isn’t amused by the slow progress.

“I don’t quite understand. This has been two years to do one little pilot and get us some data back,” he told Postmedia. “How long does it take to get a pilot going?”

Last summer’s pilot doled out about 76 tickets with an attached fine of $155 for excessive vehicle noise or modified exhaust systems, Coleman said. Prior results from a city pilot monitoring noise without enforcement counted 25,616 instances of vehicles exceeding the 85-decibel threshold.

Henderson wants enforcement to become the norm so motorists will tone down the revving in fear of receiving a hefty fine. The 76 violations is a step in the right direction, Henderson said, but he wants a permanent solution to the problem.

“We’re still here two years later. For all the people kept awake in the meantime, that we keep on promising that we think we can get them a solution and we just can’t deliver on it, it’s really frustrating for them,” he said. “They will now have to go through a whole other season, unfortunately, unless the pilot can begin to make some real difference.”

Loud vehicles are continuing to impact life downtown and it’s even getting worse in certain areas, according to Downtown Edmonton Community League president Chris Buyze. With more entertainment and nightlife in the growing Ice District, Buyze said he has noticed an increase in disturbances and is hoping for action so it doesn’t impact people choosing to come Downtown.