CLINTON, Iowa — After 5 years of collaboration and a $2.5 million investment between the Canadian Pacific Railroad, Iowa DOT, and Federal Railroad Administration, and the City of Clinton, a new quiet zone has been established in the City.
The quiet zone will run from 19th Avenue North to 32nd Avenue North. A quiet zone is a section of a rail line at least one-half mile long that contains one or more consecutive public crossings at which locomotive horns are not sounded when trains are approaching the crossings.
Trains are set to stop sounding their horns in advance for these crossings on May 31, but may still sound them in emergencies.
In a news release, the City of Clinton said the investment was around $1.5 million of public money in this area, including the removal of two crossings (21st Avenue North & 25th Avenue North), and upgraded safety improvements at other public crossings. The Iowa DOT, Canadian Pacific and Federal Railroad Administration also invested approximately $1 million in grant money for these upgraded crossing improvements.
The City of Clinton will now have two active quiet zones along the CPKC route, between 6th Avenue South and 34th Avenue North, so trains will now only sound their horns at 34th Avenue North, and between 11th Avenue North & 18th Avenue North unless needed due to emergency situations.
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