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  More: Provincetown makes top 10 list of best coastal small towns. Two Midwest towns were higher. Speakers offered their ideas for cutting down on noise. Those included even denser vegetation and favoring pine over deciduous trees, along with the possibility of additional retaining walls as a buffer to increase sound absorption. Several advocated hiring an “acoustic engineer” or consultant. Cheri Ruane, design principal and vice president at Weston and Sampson, suggested there is provision in the planning budget for such a consultant.