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With the demolition process set to begin very soon, opponents of the new downtown arena in Sacramento have filed a last-minute appeal in hopes of stopping it.

“The impact on I-5 will be tremendous. And there is no mitigation provided for that in the EIR…none,” Adriana Saltonstall said outside a Sacramento County courtroom last week.

The twelve plaintiffs are also alleging that the supposed NBA threat of team removal if the Kings don’t have a new facility to call home by 2017, is an unproven, artificial deadline.

The city says this notice of appeal quote……”does not impair the Entertainment and Sports complex construction schedule.”

With a mall makeover of King-size proportions starting Friday, others like Joe Ruffaine with Atlas Disposal just still want work.

“I’m actually (here) for Turner construction. I would like to give them a price quote for the upcoming arena project,” he said.

With work possibly done by Ruffaine or any other contractor approved from 6am until 11pm, a six-foot noise barrier with sound blankets will be built around the outside site perimeter.

Quiet pile-driving technologies are promised, along with use of exhaust mufflers on compressed air exhausts.

That’s supposed to to drop noise levels in the hot zone by 10 decibels.

Much like a King’s season, there will be ups and downs here, but for construction it’s finally game on.

The city, on the other hand, plans to move forward with the project, set to be completed in the fall of 2016.

The long construction process begins Friday morning at 6 a.m.