12-21-2021, 10:47 AM
(12-21-2021, 09:29 AM)cherrypark Wrote:(12-19-2021, 06:17 PM)danbrotherston Wrote: I agree, they have some other motivation and are trying to justify it. It's hard to say if this is just some insane level of groupthink, where they are so out of touch with reality that they think this is a real problem. Or whether they believe that they can make ridiculous claims like this and cloak them in the aura of "expert" and make them unassailable.
FWIW...I fear that regardless of their actual thinking, that some folks in some agency in some government, may believe them.
I think its worth wondering what hours of the day they are running trains through here and if the yards are used for shunting at night. If the GO train yard at Park St. is an indication they could be appealing to these unrealistic scenarios as more "high impact / risk" options to just block having noise complaints and threat to some continuing operations there?
It's possible.
But honestly, it's demoralizing, because that's a perfectly legitimate complaint, so why do they feel the need to lie and exaggerate the way they are.
Also, the fact that it's a legitimate complaint is also problematic, we saw this with the airport. People who bought homes NEAR AN AIRPORT chased an airline away from the airport because they objected to...*checks notes*...airplanes....at and airport.