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King Road Quiet Zone Petition

King Road Quiet Zone Petition

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Started by Anonymous 18 years, 3 months ago
We, the undersigned, petition the Town of Chili and all other local governing bodies, to establish the King Road railway crossing, (crossing #514533G) in North Chili, as a Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) approved train horn Quiet Zone (QZ). We ask the Town Board, and all other local governing bodies, to remedy the noise pollution problem caused by the train whistle by: 1. Having the Chili Town Board put on the agenda to research, contact appropriate personnel, and file an intent to create a new, 24 hour, quiet zone at the King Road railway crossing. 2. Having the Chili Town Board set as a priority a plan for ways to fund establishing the King Road railway crossing in Chili as a quiet zone, which could be as low as $13,000. The neighborhoods surrounding the King Road railway crossing in Chili are suffering from the noise caused by the train whistle. The shrill noise at all hours of the day and night are detracting from the positive reasons for living in this community. The FRA has made it possible for local governments and municipalities to virtually eliminate all of the noise pollution caused by train whistles at crossings, through the establishment of a QZ. This can be accomplished by upgrading crossings with supplemental safety measures (SSMs). With certain Supplemental Safety Measures (SSM

Updates

June 19, 2008

The Town Board is still ignoring our requests for a meeting regarding the King Road crossing. Post this link on your Facebook page today and tag the Town representatives to force their hand.

June 19, 2008

The sheer number of people joining this fight proves that neighbors will no longer accept the constant noise from these train whistles. Now is the time to turn this energy into action so call the town supervisor today and demand this quiet zone becomes a budget priority.

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Sarah Schmidt
18 years ago Featured

PLEASE make this happen. i cant even hear my own tv half the time when the train goes thru. so tired of the noise.

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Mike Reddy
18 years ago Featured

Living right by the tracks is a nightmare. That whistle wakes my kids up every single night at 3am. Enough is enough.

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Dave Wallace
18 years ago Featured

13k is nothing compared to the property value drop this is causing. do it for the neighborhood.

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