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Railroad Quiet Zone <br />Little Canada and Shoreview <br />Background and Summary <br />The Cities of Little Canada and Shoreview each received General Obligation Bond funding from the 2014 <br />State Legislature (HF 2490, Section 16, Subd. 5, paragraphs (1) and (2)). The intent is for the Cities to <br />fund a railroad crossing quiet zone. Little Canada received $1,250,000 and Shoreview received <br />$500,000. <br />Little Canada has 6 public grade crossings and Shoreview has 2 public grade crossings that are not yet in <br />a quiet zone. The table 1 is a summary of the project. Tables 2 and 3 provide additional crossing level <br />proposed improvements within each City. <br />The Canadian Pacific Railroad (CP) will furnish, install and maintain the railroad signals with gates. The <br />existing warning devices within CP corridor in Little Canada and Shoreview contain 2 passive crossings; 2 <br />railroad signals with gates that need circuitry upgrades and 4 flashing light only signals that will need to <br />be preplaced with railroad signals with gates. The Cities will also design and construct certain roadway <br />improvements to comply with Federal quiet zone rules. <br />Table 1 <br />Project Summary <br />Little Canada <br />Shoreview <br />Comments <br /># of Crossings <br />6 <br />2 <br /># of Road Authorities <br />2 <br />2 <br />Ramsey County has a <br />roadway in each City <br /># of New RR Crossing <br />systems <br />1 <br />1 <br /># of replacement RR <br />signals <br />4 <br />0 <br /># of Upgraded RR <br />crossing systems <br />1 <br />1 <br />Estimated cost - <br />Railroad <br />$1,350,000 <br />$350,000 <br />Estimated cost - <br />Roadway <br />$90,000 <br />$45,000 <br />Engineering & Const <br />Management <br />$20,000 <br />$10,000 <br />Total Cost <br />$1,460,000 <br />$405,000 <br />Funding Sources <br />GO Bond Funds <br />$1,250,000 <br />$500,000 <br />City Funds <br />$210,000 <br />$0 <br />