Another slow-moving train in Elk Grove - At least no emergency vehicle trapped this time!
If there is one constant about living on the wrong side of the track in Elk Grove, Calif., it's this - you will be stopped by a Union...
If there is one constant about living on the wrong side of the track in Elk Grove, Calif., it's this - you will be stopped by a Union Pacific train. While being stopped by a train is annoying, your best hope is that the train does not interrupt an emergency call for medical, fire, or law enforcement response services from the Cosumnes Fire or Elk Grove Police departments.
This morning, while heading east on Elk Grove Boulevard toward Old Town, or as our fearless city leaders like to call it, Old Town-Historic Downtown Main Street, as I drove through the Elk Grove-Florin Road intersection at 7:18, it was apparent that there was a Union Pacific train blocking traffic.
As I approached the crossing, the train was moving slowly.
The train was moving slowly enough to park my vehicle by the Elk Grove Arts Center, exit the vehicle, and record the slow-moving train. Over about eight minutes, the slow-moving train was captured on video below.
Fortunately, Saturday morning traffic is lighter than Monday through Friday, so congestion was not severe. More importantly, as you can see in the video shared by an Elk Grove News reader last November, which shows an emergency vehicle trapped by a slow-moving train, there were no trapped first responders this time.
See our entire video library of slow-moving trains.
As pedestrians, cyclists, and motorists who traverse "Old" Elk Grove - that portion of the city that lives on the eastern side of the Union Pacific railroad track that bisects the city - will attest, aside from the Grant Line overpass, which is part of the Southeast Connector road, Elk Grove does not have a single under or overpass on the neglected and underserved east side neighborhoods.
Not surprisingly, none of the five-member Elk Grove City Council - Mayor Bobbie Singh-Allen, Vice Mayor Sergio Robles, and Councilmen Rod Brewer, Keven Spease, and Darren Suen - live on the wrong side of the tracks. They couldn't care less about emergency response for residents.
For those five, it is out of sight, out of mind!
Of course, they'll happily oblige the Sacramento Zoological Society and commit to building a $300 million discretionary zoo. When it comes to improving safety access by building at least one of the five needed over or underpasses in "Old" Elk Grove, they are saying,
Go Screw Yourself ! -
Zoo animals and indulging Mayor Bobbie's whims are more important than the safety of Elk Grove's neglected and abused east side.
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You got it all wrong. If there is one thing about Mayor Bobbie, it is she is fair weather and she moves in whatever direction the political winds blow. In this case, she is following the lead of President Trump and by ignoring the needs of Old Elk Grove, she can say she is addressing the excessive attention the city has paid to DEI. Afterall, people are only useful to her if she can extract something, and there is nothing for her to extract from the "poor" old folks in Old Elk Grove. Kind of like killing two birds with one stone!
One of these days someone on the east side will lose their life due to this problem. When it happens the city will be sued and they won't be able to claim they had no knowledge of this issue as it has been brought before them on numerous occasions. A big pay out will result but that's how our city responds to our citizens needs; retroactively. Rod Brewer, who represents these east-side residents needs to spearhead the fight to protect his constituents. He's asleep at the wheel.
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