Court Shushes Heredia
Train
Toot, toot, the Heredia - San José train can
no longer, at the order of the Sala
Constitucional (Constitutional Court) that
ruled in favour of a woman who appealed to
the court to quiet the train's whistle.
The woman said in her filing that the noise
of the train's whistle affected her health,
prompting the Sala to order the Incofer to
reduce the level of the train's whistle.
The train, as a practice, blows its whistle
as it approached an intersection to warn of
its approach.
The appeal to the Sala was made by a woman
identified by her last name, Carrillo Jaén,
who told the magistrates that the train's
whistle while passing her home near Santa
Rosa de Santo Domingo, caused her a series
of medical problems, including hearing loss,
headaches and stress.
This is not the first that residents living
near the train line have complained of the
noise.
The same occurred when the San José - Pavas
train began operating several years ago,
when a residen of the Sabana made a similar
complaint to the Constitutional Court, which
also ruled in favour of the appellant.
In that case the Incofer was ordered, like
yesterday's order, to reduce the level of
noise made by the train.
The president of the Incofer, Miguel
Caravaguías, said the train's whistle is
within reasonbale standards and needed to
warn motorists from obstructing
intersections.
Caravaguías said the correct thing would be
for motorists to make a stop at
intersections. But, that is not the case and
the train has to constantly blow its whistle
to warn motorists of the train's approach
and those stopped on the tracks while in
traffic.
Caravaguías added that the Incofer will heed
to the court's order, similar to the order
of the Pavas train. |
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