The Notice of Intent to Establish a Quiet Zone was sent out by the Albany County Department of Public Works to the required parties two weeks ago. CSX responded with no comments and gave the name of a contact person with whom the Voorheesville consultant engineer should speak regarding the initiation of the engineering design. So things are moving. On August 13th County … [Read more...]

The Notice of Intent to Establish a Quiet Zone (NOI), which must be issued before CSX will begin the engineering design, was sent in the past week to the Albany County Commissioner of Public Works (DPW). The County will be responsible for sending the NOI to the parties that are required to receive it under federal regulations. The NOI is currently under review by the … [Read more...]

As you may know, the County provided $27,500 to the Village of Voorheesville to obtain an engineering design for four-quadrant gates at both crossings in the village. The installation of the gates is necessary for the quiet zone project to go forward. Preliminary estimates provided by CSX last year were that the total cost would be less than $200,000. The engineering design, … [Read more...]

Efforts to Date In April 2012, the Committee for a Quiet Zone in Voorheesville was established. In August, the Committee presented a petition to the Voorheesville Village Board of Trustees containing the signatures of 358 Village residents asking the Board to take the necessary steps to create a quiet zone. Since that time many more residents added their names to our mailing … [Read more...]