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Re: Community meeting to talk about ballast rock piles in Menlo Park
Author: Dusty Walker
Date: 03-23-2015 - 23:14
mook Wrote:
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> Ballast rock, if my understanding of its use is
> correct, should have few fines - it should be
> clean to allow water to penetrate easily. That
> simple characteristic of the material should
> minimize dust problems to start with.
You obviously haven't seen ballast dumped and regulated. It's quite dusty and the material in question here is spread across a block's length. That said the real issue spelled out is the expectation of using the ROW as a de facto trail.
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> Ballast rock, if my understanding of its use is
> correct, should have few fines - it should be
> clean to allow water to penetrate easily. That
> simple characteristic of the material should
> minimize dust problems to start with.
You obviously haven't seen ballast dumped and regulated. It's quite dusty and the material in question here is spread across a block's length. That said the real issue spelled out is the expectation of using the ROW as a de facto trail.
