City installs acoustic screen after neighboring company uses air horn to reduce barking

In an effort to reduce the sounds of dogs barking and a nearby air horn activating, City of Washougal employees have installed an acoustic screen around part of the West Columbia Gorge Humane Society dog shelter.

The cost of the Acoustifence screen, $3,500 plus delivery and tax, was paid from the city’s animal control budget for building maintenance and the building capital facilities fund, according to City Administrator David Scott. The installation of the screen occurred Thursday and Friday.