As Tampa Bay grows, so does the traffic — and with that, the amount of noise in nearby neighborhoods.

In fact, one Pasco County family says the nearby traffic noise vibrates the walls of its home.

Jonathan Judge and his wife have been in their home for six years.

"Three a.m. motorcycles, loud vehicles..." he said. "We have a decibel meter on our phone. We've actually seen it up to 92 decibels."

A county ordinance limits the level to 55.

When the community was built, a fence was installed and a line of trees planted to help shield residents from the sight of passing traffic on State Road 54. They do little to block the sound, the family says.

The traffic creates a continuous hum inside the Judge's home. Some days, a hum is the best he can hope for.

"Nobody should have to live where the walls are rattling and you can't sleep," he said. "A wall is going to be a major help in that problem. I'm not expecting all the noise to go away, but I would just like someone to put some eyes and ears on this and do something about it."

State Road 54 is managed by the Florida Department of Transportation. That's the agency Judge is trying to get to help him. He wants a sound barrier that will protect his property values — and his hearing.

"Honestly, when they put in a six-lane highway, they approved that in the plans, and in the infrastructure should have been a wall to protect the residents of this area."

The state has no program to retrofit sound barrier walls based on the growth of a community.

It says a politician would have to sponsor a bill for a noise abatement retrofit program.