Edina City Council — Transcript

Saturday, March 15, 2025

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Edina seeks federal funds for railroad crossing safety study

Train Horn Noise and Quiet Zone Establishment

Notable Quotes (3)

we have to first study if we can eliminate any of the crossings and if we can't then what can we do to mitigate the risks

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Federal Funding Request for Railroad Crossing Safety Action Plan

to mitigate the risks are pavement markings to show where cars are supposed to stop before they cross the tracks we can do flashing lights we can do Crossing signage or just overhead arms that stop traffic when a train comes through

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Federal Funding Request for Railroad Crossing Safety Action Plan

if the city wants to establish a quiet Zone that has to be approved by the Federal Railroad Administration they have to look at the RIS the mitigation risk tactics that we want to do at each Crossing we would have to implement those mitigation risk improvements and then we would be able to implement that quiet Zone with them and through them that process is a multi-year Endeavor

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Federal Funding Request for Railroad Crossing Safety Action Plan

Ordinances & Resolutions (2)

Railroad Crossing Safety Action PlanPlan

Proposed study to evaluate elimination, grade separation improvements, or safety mitigation measures for seven at-grade crossings in Edina; estimated cost $250,000 with $200,000 federal funding requested

Federal Railroad Administration Quiet Zone Approval ProcessOther

Multi-year regulatory process required to establish quiet zones; requires risk mitigation implementation and FRA approval before horn requirements can be eliminated

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