Upton Board of Health Press Release Grafton-Upton Railroad
The recent decision of the Surface Transportation Board in the matter of the Grafton Upton Railroad concluded that the railroad operation is pre-empted from local regulation. This decision confirms that local regulation of the Railroad and its operations is prohibited. Therefore, the Board of Health has determined that no further action will be taken with respect to regulating noise resulting from the Railroad operations. We are aware that significant modifications were made by the owner of the Railroad to decrease the noise levels at the Maple Avenue rail station. It is the intent of the Board of Selectmen and Board of Health to continue its communication with the Grafton-Upton Railroad in an effort to maintain a cooperative relationship.
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We wanted to buy a house in Upton, near the West Upton terminal. Glad we found this information online. We won’t be buying that house, sorry to say – given this RR company only seems to want to expand operations and is already causing noise problems. This really screws up the marketability of local homes 😦
I want to thank the board of health , selectman, town manager and the railroad for working together and continuing to do so. Thankfully we have real leaders in our town getting real results vs. legal bills like Grafton.