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Posted 01 March 2015 - 05:54 PM

Whittier (CA Daily News, 2/25:
 

Montebello ends 15-year railroad underpass dispute

 

MONTEBELLO – The City Council’s decision Wednesday to support construction of two railroad underpasses in the southern part of the city appears to have ended a 15-year dispute over how to end traffic congestion on four streets that have railroad crossing arms.

 

Before about 250 people and a standing-room-only crowd, the council voted 4-1 to support a $142 million plan that includes railroad underpasses at the Union Pacific Railroad and Montebello Boulevard and Maple Avenue.

 

It also would include a new gate system at Greenwood and Vail avenues that would block drivers and pedestrians from going onto the tracks. That means trains wouldn’t have to use their horns, said Juan Diaz, president of JMDiaz, which was hired by the city to provide cost estimates on railroad underpass alternatives.

 

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