Video: Salt Lake City authorizes temporary 1000 West closure in effort to restore ‘quiet zones’
Dec 4, 2024, 4:38 PM | Updated: 5:38 pm
A small section of 1000 West may soon close as part of a multicity effort to restore the Wasatch Front’s “quiet zones” after they were suspended in late September.
The Salt Lake City Council voted unanimously Tuesday night to authorize the temporary closure of the road between South Temple and 15 South, blocking off one of the last remaining railroad crossings that’s holding up the quiet zone restoration. The suspension has meant train operators have sounded their horns at every crossing from Ogden to Provo during every hour of the day, generating many complaints from residents who live near railroad tracks.
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