'It has absolutely devalued my home. It has devalued all my neighbor's homes,' said Frank Annunziato, who lives in Aston.
"It has absolutely devalued my home. It has devalued all my neighbor's homes," said Frank Annunziato, who lives in Aston.Imagine hearing a SEPTA train horn roughly 40 times a day from just after 4 a.m. until around midnight.
For neighbors who gathered at the Roosevelt Community Center in Media Tuesday night, they don't have to imagine. They live it day in and out."We're all sleep deprived and it's very serious," said one neighbor. "It has absolutely devalued my home. It has devalued all my neighbor's homes," said Frank Annunziato, who lives in Aston.This impacts residents in Middletown Township, Aston and Chester Heights.Neighbors say it gets loud where the trains cross Lenni Road and near the new Lenni rail yard.On Tuesday, we learned that SEPTA has scaled back horn testing at the Lenni rail yard and will look into other noises like trains idling there overnight.
"We certainly can sympathize. I don't think it's a matter of that, but it's a matter of balancing this and providing the operation," said Joe Connolly, who is the SEPTA manager of federal affairs."As long as we serve the Wawa Station, we're going to need to cross Lenni Road. If we cross Lenni Road, we're going to need to sound the horns," said Connolly."There was not.
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