Montreal residents complaining about noise from REM trains as testing continues – Montreal | 24CA News
With the official launch of the brand new all-electric rail community, the Réseau specific métropliatain (REM) anticipated within the coming weeks, many individuals dwelling close to the elevated tracks are complaining in regards to the noise emanating from the trains through the take a look at runs.
A spokesperson for the REM tells Global News complaints about practice noise have been made by individuals dwelling in Griffintown, Pointe-St-Charles and Nun’s Island.
Many flats and condominiums have items that face the elevated tracks and as trains run each jiffy, residents are upset in regards to the noise.
“Never expected it would be that loud,” Marc Vidricaire, advised Global News.
The house owner lives in a rental going through the Lachine Canal however he now has a transparent view of the brand new REM line to the South Shore. And with checks runs being carried out each jiffy, the trains now reduce the tranquil sound of the canal that he was accustomed to.
“I must say that I have to sleep with ear plugs….until 1:00 in the morning,” he mentioned.
Some sound-mitigating measures have been put in place to scale back the noise, akin to new sound obstacles.
In an electronic mail to Global News, Emmanuelle Rouillard-Moreau, a spokesperson for the REM, writes, “We have decided to conduct additional noise measurements in the concerned areas…We will then be able to determine if additional measures are needed.”
Some individuals Global News spoke with close to the Lachine Canal had been shocked by the noise made because the trains handed.
“New construction, new train — I wasn’t expecting to hear the noise that it makes,” Mohamed Sadri, a Montreal resident, advised Global News.
The new REM community is the biggest mass transit community constructed for Montreal for the reason that opening of the underground metro community within the late Sixties.
Vidricaire is shocked {that a} fashionable, all-electric practice can be constructed that produces a lot noise.
“It should have been a major preoccupation to make sure that it’s very quiet rather than this,” he mentioned.
The new trains between Brossard and Central Station are scheduled to open to the general public earlier than June twenty first.
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