Leander starts quiet zone process for two MetroRail street crossings

The city of Leander and Capital Metro have initiated the process to create quiet zones along the sections of Metro Drive and San Gabriel Parkway that cross the MetroRail tracks. During a Thursday evening City Council meeting, Leander City Engineer Wayne Watts said quiet zones, which are regulated by city ordinance, restrict locomotive engineers from blowing horns as trains travel through a street crossing. “In order to do that, you have to go through well-established safety procedures and construct certain types of gates so that people cannot drive through them,” he told council members. “The whole idea is to still have a safe […]

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