Brightline quiet zones start in Boynton Beach this week
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The safety rating at the crossings needed to be high enough to negate the need for a train to blow its horn, so the city needed to make safety upgrades to its railroad crossings -- such as updated signage, lighting and improved barriers.
It takes federal officials about 21 days to review a city's plan and decide whether safety upgrades meet the requirements to allow train operators to stop using horns at crossings.
Earlier this year,
Since January,
As part of federal regulations, engineers can sound the horn during an emergency, such as when there is the presence of a vehicle or a person on the tracks, Krusell said
A "guest of honor" who has been vocal about the train noises, Hoover the Bassett Hound, will also attend.
"His howling, every time a train passes through
All Aboard Florida, which operates
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