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One has to wonder when would be an acceptable time to close off a crossing when it is the only access/egress to a neighborhood?
Good example of a reason to not buy a home in a subdivision with very limited access, for sure.
We are talking semi-rural areas. And this is a rare occurence. Still, a little warning (like maybe 6 months) would go a long way in resident's planning. Many of those people are self-employed and need to make plans for not having access either to their homes or their clients. Many are retirees with medical appointments. But whose fault is it? Certainly not the municipality. Maybe the railroad and maybe the contractors the railroad hired.
And the idea that it is being done to directly benefit the homeowners is bunk. Guessing it's probably because of the coal ash transportation coming up.
I can only hope these "improvements" aren't the same thing they did at NE Maynard and Harrison where you now have to slow down to 20 mph and they had to install giant "BUMP" signs.
I've been in touch with Cary and NCDOT about those situations...supposedly Norfolk Southern is going to do something to their tracks to even things out after CSX screwed it all up.
This is pretty ridiculous. Obviously the term railroaded comes from somewhere.
Fully understand track maintenance is required, but there was little to no notice of this to prepare. Also, for the tracks right at the school, if only there was a time of year where there was literally no need to go there? Like say the winter break just a few weeks back or of course summer. But even year round are off Christmas so there's no doubt. And the craziness of the crossings previously mentioned, I can hardly go over them now in my car. SFspiderman, Cary is going to have to pay Norfolk Southern to lower their tracks and then regrade the road back to them. So, this will cost the taxpayers money.
Basically the railroad just does what they want and don't have to care about the people. So many daily issues we have are due to their unwillingness to work with people, like half of Morrisville being screwed up due to not getting more lanes across tracks, the craziness of the way the Morrisvlle parkway thing is being done is partly due to them, then of course the fiasco in Micro, where even the governor is like nope and they say too bad so sad.
I really wish there was some way the various cities and towns around here could band together and try to do something about this.
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And the craziness of the crossings previously mentioned, I can hardly go over them now in my car. SFspiderman, Cary is going to have to pay Norfolk Southern to lower their tracks and then regrade the road back to them. So, this will cost the taxpayers money.
Norfolk Southern needs to raise theirs to match CSX. And yep, we'll be on the hook for the bill even though it was CSX raising their tracks that created the problem.
the state is responsible for maintaining the roads--including the road going over the tracks. The state has to supply the railroad with the material to replace the road after they finish their track work.....so if you look at the road after the railroads finish, the only pave about 10 or 15 feet from the tracks. They railroad has raised up the track, after years of trains running on the tracks and settling. So to not make a ramp, the state would have to pave up to the track from further away, therefore need more material. So instead of having a gradual incline up the the track, there is a ramp. Next time you go over the track, take notice to the line where they paved.
Sometimes people forget that the railroad was here first. It's only a very small
percentage of the time that maintenance like this happens. The people chose
to live where they did knowing there were tracks in the area. I guess they need
to learn to deal with it or move...
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