Quiet, Please

Representatives from the city of Springfield, the Federal Railroad Administration, Burlington Northern-Santa Fe Railway and the Catalpa Crossing Capital Improvement Committee were on hand for the July 31 ribbon cutting at the new Catalpa Street Quiet Zone. The $160,000 project, funded by the 1/4-cent capital improvements sales tax and a donation from the CCCIC, is a segment of the rail line within which locomotive horns are not sounded at crossings equipped with the required supplemental safety measures. The project involved installing raised medians on both sides of the roadway.