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Re: LIC residents still angry at LIRR |
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Posted by trainsarefun on Sun Aug 2 13:58:13 2009, in response to Re: LIC residents still angry at LIRR, posted by Dan on Sun Aug 2 13:47:12 2009. I agree with you, but a better way to rezone would to have had a buffer of retail zoning up against the LIRR yard areas Supermarkets and other large stores wouldn't care about idling diesels or vibrations. An added benefit would be to give new residents shopping locations within walking distance or short-drive distance.The trouble with retail in 'frontier' areas is that it's really hard to fill until you've got significant occupancy in the area, so developers are going to against that from the start, generally speaking. In this case, I think that what happened was an oversight by the architect in that the vibration noise from idling diesels wasn't taken into account. What they probably should have done is to pay LIRR to install devices to dampen the vibrations at the site of where the the locomotives lay up idling. If that's the issue, it still can be remedied, although I think that property owners should foot the bill. They can charge a special assessment on the common charges in their buildings to raise the money, and that would theoreticlaly solve their problem. If their actual complaint is that they don't like the yard, period, then either they have to wait for some change in LIRR operations, or compensate LIRR. Eventually, I'm sure that the air rights will be worth enough to consider a sale of them too. |
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