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Re-order Paragraphs

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Re-order Paragraphs

Arrange the sentences into the correct order.

Put the sentences in the correct order:

  1. Armed with this evidence, officials could finally justify targeted measures such as quieter road surfaces and stricter truck curfews in the most affected neighborhoods.
  2. The resulting noise maps revealed clusters of chronically loud blocks that had never been flagged in previous complaint records.
  3. These readings were then fed into mapping software that color-coded each street according to its average and peak noise levels throughout the day.
  4. To fix this, city agencies began installing networks of sound-level sensors at intersections, near schools, and along major roads to record decibel readings around the clock.
  5. Urban planners have long known that traffic and construction noise can harm residents' health, yet until recently they had no precise way to show where the worst offenses occurred.