Some good news for those who live in and around the Washington Avenue corridor.
Come late April, train horns should be quieter through the Washington Avenue corridor from just north of Interstate 10 to Harvard Street.
Union Pacific and two other railroads use the rail line that parallels the corridor, and federal rules currently require them to signal their approach to road intersections in the area. Residents who live nearby are weary of the horns, which sound day and night, and have been working to create a quiet zone for years.
I’ve said before, I can hear those horns from inside my house more than a mile away, and they sound at all hours. This will be a huge improvement in these folks’ quality of life.
Great to see the zone has been passed. Bonner Street is already barricaded permanently at the tracks. It’s no longer a crossing. NO MORE HORNS!