--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Rick Archer" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > From: Bill Blackmore [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Monday, November 06, 2006 10:15 AM > To: "Undisclosed-Recipient:;"@spamarrest.com > Subject: Fairfield Railroad Citizen's Action Committee Quiet Train > Initiative "THE PLAN!!!" > > > > I am pleased to let you know that I believe we are very close to going > public with a plan that is simple, cost-effective, reasonable in price, and > should provide Ff. with a complete, safe quiet zone approved by the Federal > Railroad Administration (FRA). > > > > In talking to the FRA and public officials in other communities in Iowa that > have already established quiet zones, it has become clear that the only way > to go is to install median devices that prevent "drive arounds" at > crossings, the main safety concern. Out of concern for those who use dialup > Internet access, I am not going to enclose a picture of the proposed median > solution. Instead, please go to http://fairfieldquietzone.org/ where you > can see pictures of the median strips. Special thanks are in order for Rick > Shaddock, who got us this domain, and has posted both pictures and earlier > emails. You can see medians from two different manufacturers. > > > > WHAT ARE THE BIG ISSUES? > > > > 1. Money. The quotes I have gotten for median devices range from > $7,000 to $13,000 per crossing. Installation costs are modest. Once the > installers are comfortable with the process, 10-12 man hours is all it takes > per crossing. If we close 2 crossings, the remaining 7 should not cost more > than about $100,000. Fairfield currently receives about $12,000 per year in > tax revenue from the railroad for the amount of track within the city > limits. In addition, if the City closes 2 crossings, the Burlington > Northern Santa Fe (BNSF) will pay the City about $25,000 per crossing. > According to the FRA final train horn rule, if these medians are installed, > we would automatically qualify for a quiet zone. >
************ I am definitely in favoring of silencing those train horns, but I am a little suspicious of the lowball numbers on cost of medians -- this site quotes a figure of $70,000 to do one street/crossing in Chicago, and I have seen even higher numbers in other cities: http://tinyurl.com/yb9oy2 To subscribe, send a message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Or go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ and click 'Join This Group!' Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
