Covering your community, the town of Jupiter is about to
get a little quieter.
Traffic anchor Jasmine Jill Miss explains the new rules going
into place for trains passing through the area.
Well, if you live in the town of Jupiter,
you may see new signs up indicating that it will
soon officially become a quiet zone.
This means that when bright line or other trains pass
through,
they will not be required to sound their horns when
approaching crossings.
The designation for these zones are done by the Federal
Railroad Administration,
and in order to qualify,
local governments have to show that safety requirements are met,
like installing gates and other devices.
So here's where the quiet zones will go into effect,
The train intersections at East Riverside Drive.
5 Center St. Indian Town Rd.
Tony Pena Drive and Frederick Small and Donald Ross roads.
It's unclear when the quiet zones will officially go into
effect because the town of Jupiter has to wait for
inspection by the FRA,
but the town tells me it should be within a
day of that inspection.
The town also says that because quiet zones haven't been
established in Palm Beach Gardens or Tequesta,
horns may still be heard and even blown in Jupiter
at times.
Now, conductors will still have the option to blow horns
at their discretion,
but because it's not a.
It's important to never try to cross the tracks when
a train is approaching and to never stop on them
either.
Yasmin Joel, miss WPBF 25 News.