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Wednesday, Jul 12, 2006 - 06:49:26 am PDT
I
want to thank all the citizens of Galt who wrote letters to the city manager
about a quiet zone in Galt.
The city wanted me to ask citizens to write
in, not just sign a petition regarding the train horns that blast all night
keeping them awake.
Many
letters were written and sent in, but the city said it was not a safety problem,
so they would not be able to do anything about it and declined to do a study for
a quiet zone.
I am sorry that the citizens were not considered in their
decision. The City Council and city manager said in so many words, "it is not
going to happen," it will be too expensive to implement in Galt.
Tom Malson
was the only council person that tried to get a study done over the next two
years and for that I thank him.
We will never know what the results of a
study would have shown and the possibility of a quiet zone in Galt.
The
complaints for a quiet zone is being unable to carry on conversations and being
awaken at night by loud blasting of horns. The trains are not blowing their
horns in accordance with railroad rules. Sometimes as we know, it is one long
loud blast from Elm Street to Kost Road. As time goes by, we will have more and
more trains. I guess we must live with it, but we don't have to like it. We are
the loudest little city in California.
Thank you for all your support in
this effort.
Al Baldwin
Galt
