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I don't think the slope would prevent borders. I'm with mashton - some nice wide borders with shrubs and herbaceous plants would be as good or better than extra fence covering.
Having said that, neighbour noise would seem to be pretty much a fact of life unless you live in a castle / stately home.
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I reckon you could get a nice borer to at least the third upright (everything is looking jolly healthy so why not add some more plants to soak up the noise) maybe if you dug it out you could put some gravel as a sub base to help drainage. Where the slope sharpens off after the third upright you could plat some bamboo (in pots) and bury them. Or trellis and climbers would help deaden the sound and be pretty light work.
Slightly better pic from the other side. Passionflower climber looking very sad this year!
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