The U.S. Institute of Peace’s new headquarters is an attractive building sandwiched awkwardly between 23rd Street and a tangle of roads leading out of D.C. Well, NBC4 reports that the institute now wants to move one of those roads—Constitution Avenue, to be exact—to lessen the noise that’s making things a little less than peaceful inside the building:

News4 learned that the institute is requesting a section of the roadway be moved about 150 feet farther away from the building to “reduce noise and vibration.”

According to documents listed in the District Department of Transportation’s Transportation Improvement Program, a proposal is on the table to shift Constitution Avenue NW, between 23rd Street and the outbound Roosevelt Bridge.

But, DDOT is cautioning, this discussion is still in a very preliminary stage.

Institute officials say moving the road would keep things a little quieter inside the building, as well as allow the facility to expand as needed. The question should probably be asked: shouldn’t this have been thought of before the $100 million, 150,000-square-foot headquarters was completed in 2011?