Washington Ave. rail “quiet zone” is in effect

Residents sleeping better

Jay Blazek Crossley, Jun 14, 10.

Residents of the Washington Avenue corridor have been sleeping better now that the City of Houston has implemented a federally-supported freight rail “quiet zone,” according to the Houston Chronicle.

The City embarked on a plan at the end of 2009 to create six such quiet zones across the City, improving public safety infrastructure to allow freight rail operators to safely not use their loud horns in neighborhoods, following a citizen effort to lobby for the plan.

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