This project by Hudson Mcdonald is currently under construction. It contains “15 commercial condominiums”. It is not clear to me whether or not people will be living in them. I’m guessing not, since it is in a MULI zone.
April 2005 City Council Packet
You may have noticed that the amount and duration of train whistles has picked up the past few months. One of the reasons for this is the new federal law that went into effect June 26: http://www.alaskarailroad.com/pdf/PROJ_2005_Wide_WhistleReduction_Facts.pdf “Federal regulations and Alaska Railroad rules require trains to sound their horns when approaching a public crossing and to continue sounding the horn until the crossing is reached. Beginning June 26, 2005, the Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) will enforce a new rule requiring train engineers to sound the horn at least 15-20 seconds before the crossing and to continue sounding the horn until the crossing is reached. Given significant consequences for not complying (monetary fines to the railroad and suspension of train crews), train engineers have no choice but to blow the horn as required —day and night.” More specific info can be found on the FRA website: http://www.fra.dot.gov/us/content/1318 Related June 14, 2005 Daily Planet Article If you would like to encourage the City of Berkeley to set aside some money in the City’s budget for the above mentioned (see link) whistle controls, let Council Member Linda Maio (LMaio@ci.berkeley.ca.us) know, or shoot Sandy Simon (sandy@traxgallery.com) an email. She’s in charge of a petition to help lessen the impact of train whistles. *You can put your name on the petition via email.
For those of you who are in favor of the whistles in their current form, I do not know who to point you towards. If I find out I will let you know.
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Photo of plant 3 (the unfiltered one)
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