Opposition has surfaced to CSX’s Va ave widening and raising roof.
Bet politicians will not say anything until after Nov elections.
NIMBYs and BANANAs. Never mind the trains were there first.
But it is not only that the train was there first. What does the railroad’s charter say? What does that allow the railroad to do and not do? What do other agreements, deeds, easments, etc. say? What are the alternatives? Do these people have the wherewithal to fight this ? Or to pay for a new railroad around D.C.? Gonna be fun to watch this play out.
The comment I find the most outlandish - ‘They should have done this years ago, before we bought these properties’. [sarcasm]Yes the 21st Century should have been built in the 19th Century[/sarcasm] Somehow reality doesn’t work that way.
Not to diminish the feelings of the property owners, this is not your idyllic suburban community where you can hear the birds chirp an watch the squirrels and rabbits go about the business of life - this is a hard core urban environment with a Interstate (I-395) roadway above the street and a railroad beneath the street.
That’s my laugh of the day! (time to go be productive, now…)
Gimme a break.
Between the already frequent trains, highway noise, the endless helicopters, a major airport, and everything else, you’re not going to notice a thing.
If Eastern Market wasn’t one of the hottest areas in town, no one would have made a peep.
I work a block south of Virginia Ave and abuts the Southeast-Southwest Freeway. Guess which of the two I can hear at work and which I can’t. I also live a hundred yards from the tracks at the south end of where Pot Yard used to be. So I’m also directly impacted by this. The Metro makes more noise coming up from underground out my window than the trains do.