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Post by cityslicker on Nov 6, 2013 18:13:10 GMT -6
Sounds like the whiners, who live west of Streator. They did not want a prison, by their subdivision. There was no prison built and there will be no train hub . Sh*t in one hand and hope in the other. See which hand is fuller.
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Post by chevypower on Nov 7, 2013 0:30:57 GMT -6
But, the most important part is doing it for people health / life....... waiting on a train when someones life is on the clock means everything.
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Post by shadow on Nov 7, 2013 5:33:12 GMT -6
Be careful what you ask for folks. You might end up with a trucking/train operation in your back yard like I have in my back yard.
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Post by oldtimer on Nov 7, 2013 7:26:16 GMT -6
Be careful what you ask for folks. You might end up with a trucking/train operation in your back yard like I have in my back yard. Yes, be careful. We could end up with new jobs and tax revenue coming into the city which would benefit everyone!! Let's be very careful!
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Post by Deleted on Nov 7, 2013 7:43:22 GMT -6
Sounds like the whiners, who live west of Streator. They did not want a prison, by their subdivision. There was no prison built and there will be no train hub . Sh*t in one hand and hope in the other. See which hand is fuller. Oh crap and I live on the west side. Must be included in this. Could care less what Streator does I am a surviver
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Post by rocket on Nov 7, 2013 7:55:47 GMT -6
The overpass was put in due to that train blocking the crossing for a long time and no way in or out of that area and they had a house fire ,the fire dept couldn't get to it due to the train blocking the crossing.
Same scenario that is waiting to happen in s/e of town. Cause the nearest overpass is broadway street. That would delay and add more minutes for the fire dept to respond to a house fire in this area . It only takes 5-8 minutes for a home to be fully engulfed in fire and be half burned down to the ground. Time is essential. We need to redo the tracks to put in bridges on main st and bridge st,for faster emergency responses to this area of town.
There is a train every 15minutes coming thru town and ties up the crossing up to 10 minutes. With more trains it will tie up those crossings longer.
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Post by rocket on Nov 7, 2013 7:57:21 GMT -6
It's great to see them upgrade the hospitals and all, but isn't it kind of a shame to see the old ones just go to waste/ torn down. Couldn't those places be converted to house some of the mentally disturbed/homeless, etc? It just seems so wasteful to go from fully maintained useful buildings to the wrecking ball. I am sure they could suck another decade or more of use out of those buildings for something worthwhile. Meanwhile we still have mentally disturbed people out on the streets freezing to death. I know it costs money to run a place, a lot of money. If you get the physical facility for nearly free, perhaps staffing needs could come from people already getting government money. We need to get smarter with our resources, we seem very wasteful. The city rather boot the homeless over to Ottawa then to have them here.
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Post by dog on Nov 7, 2013 8:23:55 GMT -6
The overpass was put in due to that train blocking the crossing for a long time and no way in or out of that area and they had a house fire ,the fire dept couldn't get to it due to the train blocking the crossing. Same scenario that is waiting to happen in s/e of town. Cause the nearest overpass is broadway street. That would delay and add more minutes for the fire dept to respond to a house fire in this area . It only takes 5-8 minutes for a home to be fully engulfed in fire and be half burned down to the ground. Time is essential. We need to redo the tracks to put in bridges on main st and bridge st,for faster emergency responses to this area of town. There is a train every 15minutes coming thru town and ties up the crossing up to 10 minutes. With more trains it will tie up those crossings longer. I know that every second counts, but think about this for a second. The fire station is only 2 or 3 blocks south of Broadway St. How long will it really take a fire truck to travel 2 blocks north to Broadway, cross the viaduct and then 2 blocks back south to Main st? The ambulance service would be a different story. It would take them a little more time to go north and then go back south. Building bridges is a very costly proposition, why would you put a bridge in on both Main and Bridge St?
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Post by rocket on Nov 7, 2013 8:34:56 GMT -6
To go over the tracks so there is no more sitting at the crossing tying up traffic. Same thing Ottawa should be thinking about doing on 23 north of rt 71/6 junction,putting a underpass or overpass on 23. That train also ties up traffic 20-25minutes at a time ,I know it does cause I been stuck in traffic in Ottawa with this train and I timed it from the time it crossed the highway to the time it took to clear the highway.
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Post by dog on Nov 7, 2013 8:56:13 GMT -6
To go over the tracks so there is no more sitting at the crossing tying up traffic. Same thing Ottawa should be thinking about doing on 23 north of rt 71/6 junction,putting a underpass or overpass on 23. That train also ties up traffic 20-25minutes at a time ,I know it does cause I been stuck in traffic in Ottawa with this train and I timed it from the time it crossed the highway to the time it took to clear the highway. If you are in that big of hurry to get nowhere quickly, just drive north to the viaduct or underpass, aint really that big of deal. I agree, Ottawa is a different deal, no real convenient way to bypass that crossing. For what it costs to build a bridge, let alone TWO bridges. Streator residents should be smart enough to know the amount of train traffic and plan their routes to utilize the viaduct and underpass whenever possible.
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Post by rocket on Nov 7, 2013 8:56:15 GMT -6
Reading fire is on the west side of the tracks on vermillion st.
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Post by rocket on Nov 7, 2013 8:59:11 GMT -6
Sorry you guys feel that way,but I would want emergency personel here as fast as possible. Again ,time is essential.
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Post by dog on Nov 7, 2013 12:33:36 GMT -6
Sorry you guys feel that way,but I would want emergency personel here as fast as possible. Again ,time is essential. Well, I seriously doubt you are going to get the State or the City to install a bridge at either location. But here is an idea. Lets just bypass Streator with the mainlines. Turn the tracks south, somewhere between Kernan and Airport Rd. Put in an intermodal somewhere south of Rte 18. Maybe put an overpass in on 12th St outside of town, and utilize the old Smith-Douglass fertilizer site and farmland in the area. We could possibly tie it into the cities industrial site by Vactor. Cross the river somewhere near the Dam and connect it to the current mainline somewhere north of Reading. That would reduce the train traffic thru town. Maybe that is something that our non-progressive city council has thought of when they talked about having an intermodal. Maybe a similar plan is already in the works.
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Post by Deleted on Nov 7, 2013 15:49:58 GMT -6
I would be surprised if Streator could secure funding for an intermodal facility. The proposed Railport project east of Seneca is dead due to lack of funding and investors, the land is being resold. I-80 access was less than 2 miles from the site and it was going to include barge access also. They acquired hundreds of acres and even started tree removal for the widening of Rt. 6 for that project. It didn't have the rail access Streator has but they had a plan to get the containers there using the CSX tracks that run through Seneca.
At the current price of productive farm ground it would be very costly to secure enough acreage for a facility.
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Post by WT Huck? on Nov 7, 2013 16:58:43 GMT -6
I think its just fantasytalk... next you'll be telling me Mayor Jimmie has plans to relocate Santa's workshop to Streator.......
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