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– Quiet is finally coming to Jamestown.

City administrator Jeff Fuchs said as of 12:01 a.m. Thursday, the railroad quiet zone will be in effect throughout Jamestown after a dispute with Burlington Northern Railroad in the previous weeks.

“Everything has been resolved according to the FRA (Federal Raildroad Administration), and BN (Burlington Northern) has contacted me and said that they will stop blowing the horns at Third Street effective 12:01 a.m. (Thursday).”

Burlington Northern had expressed safety concerns with the quiet zone intersection at Third Street Southeast, and was still sounding its horns at that intersection while staying silent at the other four intersections in Jamestown.

The news signals the end of about a five-year process to establish a quiet zone. It was originally scheduled to go into effect on Dec. 28, 2011. Fuchs said the FRA issued a ruling this week after their inspector looked at the site about a week ago.

“In consultation with their attorneys and looking at the federal statutes, they basically ruled that the quiet zone does comply with all the regulations and therefore the enforcement of the no train horn rule should be in effect,” Fuchs said.

Fuchs said the city will continue to monitor and issue tickets for illegal left turns across the tracks at the Third Street Southeast intersection, the source of the safety issue.

“Eventually we’re hoping people will get the message,” Fuchs said.