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Provo-SLC railroad crossings clear regulatory hurdle to reinstitute quiet zones
The blaring train horns at some railroad crossings across the Wasatch Front will soon be silenced once again. Cities from Provo to Salt Lake City are now one step closer to restored railroad quiet zones, as the final crossing that was causing the holdup has been addressed, Lehi officials announced in a social media post Friday. As the Standard-Examiner reported in October, the Federal Railroad Administration suspended all railroad crossing quiet zones across Northern Utah as several of the crossings fell out of compliance with FRA code. The federal agency sent letters to Lehi and Woods ...