Newark Gets $2M For Quiet Railroad Crossings

NEWARK, CA — If you have trouble sleeping through the sound of a train horn at night, the City of Newark recently got good news about proposed Quiet Zones in the form of a $2 million allocation from the state, secured by Assemblymember Alex Lee.

According to the city website, "The Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) has specific rules regarding the required sounding of train horns at all at-grade street crossings. However, there are provisions that allow for local jurisdictions to establish 'quiet zones' with alternative safety improvements where train horns would no longer be required to be routinely sounded."

A Quiet Zone Feasibility Study recommended improvements at the Coast Subdivision line and the the Niles Subdivision line, specifically at the following locations:

• Jarvis Avenue
• Haley Street
• Mayhews Landing Road
• Thornton Avenue
• Carter Avenue crossings.
• Cedar Boulevard
• Cherry Street
• Sycamore Street

In a message to the community, the City said, "This is a great win for the City of Newark and our citizens and will implement the Council’s vision for quieter railroad crossings."

Newark will also get $1.8 million toward the City’s first Broadband Master Plan.