In an effort to make the City of Jefferson a quiet zone, the City Council held a public meeting on Tuesday about the potential closure of the Wilson Avenue railroad crossing.

The City originally started the quiet zone project in 2014 by closing Pinet Street. Then the City recently held a public hearing about different options to try and reduce the sound that the train horns make when they go through each crossing. At that time, Snyder and Associates recommended installing directional horns at a cost of $25,000 per crossing. Since then, the City found out that the directional horns actually cost $100,000.

City Administrator Mike Palmer was impressed with the 30 residents who attended the hearing and explains what the results were from the discussion.

“The feedback we got was that people really didn’t want that intersection closed and that was the whole idea of it was that we wanted to hear what they had to say. So for now, it’ll go back to committee for further discussion but there’s no indication that we’re going to be closing any intersection anytime soon.”

The City has four remaining railroad crossings at Wilson Avenue, along with Cedar, Maple and Grimmell streets.