Excellent. All towns should do this.
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Rick Archer" <rick@...> wrote:
>
> From: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com [mailto:FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com]
> On Behalf Of Susan
> Sent: Tuesday, December 06, 2011 4:55 PM
> To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com
> Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: Fairfield Quiet Zone receives Federal Approval
> today!!
>
>
>
>
>
> So, what does this mean? That the railroad will somehow be made less noisy
> as it passes through? If so, how? Or that it cannot run after 10pm?
>
> That they won't blow their ear-splitting horns. Traffic barriers will be
> constructed at the crossings so that cars can't cross the tracks if a train
> is coming, and won't need to be warned by horns.
>
>
>
> --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com
> <mailto:FairfieldLife%40yahoogroups.com> , "Rick Archer" <rick@> wrote:
> >
> > Fairfield received official notice today that our Quiet Zone application
> to
> > the FRA (Federal Railroad Administration) has been approved. This is a
> very
> > exciting moment in our efforts to make our fair city even more livable.
> >
> >
> >
> > Our understanding is that based on the approval granted, the City will
> have
> > final engineering done on the project and will prepare an updated budget.
> > Once this is done we will know how much more money we need to raise and
> will
> > proceed to do so as quickly as possible. When have the necessary funds in
> > the bank, the project will be bid and built. It is our hope that all of
> the
> > above can be accomplished as early in 2012 as possible so we can sleep
> with
> > the windows open this summer.
> >
> >
> >
> > Thanks to everyone for your support and patience. We'll provide more news
> > as it develops.
> >
> >
> >
> > Regards, Bill Blackmore
> >
>
>
>
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