Downtown San Diego Quiet Zone Update
Filed Under categories: Columbia District, Downtown San Diego, Marina District, News You Can Use
posted by Francine Finn on February 4th, 2010
Attention Sleep Deprived Citizens of Downtown San Diego!
UPDATE
SD Quiet Zone Project Bid Opening 2/25/10
Location: City of SD Purchasing & Contracts Dept
Time: 2:00 p.m.
Contact: Scott Johnson, johnson@ccdc.com
Original post April 9 2009 - It appears that the sale of ear plugs, sleeping pills and noise reducing devices might be on the decline SOON. The word at a meeting of the “people who know” confirmed that we are 99.9% on line to have the Downtown San Diego Quiet Zone become a reality.
The Downtown San Diego Quiet Zone will be the largest (with 13 at-grade rail crossings) quiet zone in the United States. Not only is the physical area it encompasses large, but it required 6 different railway users (Burlington Northern Santa Fe Railway BNSF, San Diego Trolley, San Diego Imperial Valley Railway SDIV, North County Transit District NCTD, COASTER, Amtrak). It is nothing short of a small miracle that the residents of downtown who have been living with the horns waking them for years are still.
Pending some event stopping the world, the new crossings are projected to be finished by Summer 2010. The new rail crossings will mean engineers will no longer be required to lay on the horn as they travel through Downtown San Diego.
Developer: Rail Pros Inc., Eric Hankinson
Funding: The estimated $20.6 million project cost is funded by Redevelopment Agency tax-increment financing
Summer 2009 – Construction to begin
Summer 2010 – Construction to be completed
View larger map of Downtown San Diego Quiet Zone Map
Want to know more?
CCDC Downtown San Diego Quiet Zone Fact Sheet
The CCDC Quiet Zone Fact Sheet answers these questions and more…
At what downtown intersections will the Quiet Zone be in effect?
How much noise will really be reduced in the Quiet Zone?
What are trains legally required to do when approaching crossings?
Downtown San Diego Quiet Zone Website
Created and updated by the residents of Downtown San Diego
FHA Train Horn Rule Facts
from the Federal Railroad Administration
CCDC San Diego Quiet Zone Project
Keep up to date with all things “Quiet Zone” related
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