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Needham board signals plan to pursue seasonal closure of golf-course railroad crossing, defers immediate move
Summary
After a public comment from a resident heavily affected by train horns, the Needham Select Board directed staff to pursue planning and a public hearing on a seasonal closure of the golf-course railroad crossing but concluded a full pilot this season is unlikely; the town insurer raised two legal caveats for any agreement.
Resident Chris Supple asked the Select Board to pursue a winter pilot to close the golf-course railroad crossing so MBTA conductors would not sound horns at that location during nonemergencies. "...if the crossing is closed, they will tell the conductors don't have to blow the horn there in nonemergency situations," Supple said, and asked the town to consider either a temporary fencing or a continuous chain-link closure during the December–March pilot period.
Town Manager Katie Racer told the board the town's insurer reviewed the example MBTA agreement and found it…
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