Roanoke Times
Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.
DATE: TUESDAY, December 7, 1993 TAG: 9312070289
SECTION: CURRENT PAGE: NRV-5 EDITION: NEW RIVER VALLEY
SOURCE: New River Valley bureau
DATELINE: PULASKI LENGTH: Medium
The Ordinance Committee has voted to recommend a six-month trial period during which the town would monitor the use of train warning signals to see if they are excessive.
Pulaski has enacted and dropped several regulations governing train whistles. The one now in effect allows engineers to sound warning signals if they see a potential safety hazard.
Mary Lee Duncan has been the most frequent complainer before council. She and others argue that the use of the signals is not only excessive but disturbing, particularly during bedtime.
But not all residents feel that way.
``The people who live up here want the whistles to continue. Our safety depends on it,'' Virginia C. Tabor wrote to Mayor Gary Hancock. Tabor lives at 1306 Lottier St., near a rail crossing.
``Don't let a few disgruntled people stop the whistles,'' she said. ``I have lived in this location for the last 16 1/2 years and the trains go right in front of my house and they have been blowing them all the time and they do not bother me in the least, in fact I enjoy them,'' she wrote.
In other business at its 4 p.m. session today, council will hold a public\ hearing on a proposed cab fare increase.
Herman Gene Largen of Blue and White Cabs Inc. is asking for a 25-cent fare increase per zone. The last fare increase, also of 25 cents, came in December 1990.
The current rate schedule ranges from $2.15 to $2.55 per trip, including a 50-cent flat fee.
Another hearing is scheduled on the number of cabs to operate in Pulaski next year.
For 1993, the town approved 30 certificates of operation for cabs: eight for Blue and White, four for Deluxe Cabs, 12 for the Jim Dandy Taxi Service, and six held for future consideration.
For 1994, the town has received applications for 12 cabs for Jim Dandy and 12 for Blue and White.
by CNB