Late-Night Pounding Possible for 3 More Weeks, Railroad Says

That late-night Union Pacific Railroad repairs in the Richmond Annex – that has caused pounding noises audible in El Cerrito and Albany – will continue for three more weeks, a railroad spokesman said today, Wednesday.

Repairs on a railroad bridge about a half mile north of Central Avenue are scheduled to take place from 11:30 p.m. to midnight, Mondays through Thursdays, for the next three weeks, said Aaron Hunt, a western region spokesman for Union Pacific Railroad.

The work includes driving pilings, which accounts for the . Some were quite annoyed.

Hunt told Patch by email that the late-night work is being done to allow Capitol Corridor service  "to continue as usual. The section of track we are working on runs parallel to I-580 and is west of Monterey Street," south of the Carlson Boulevard junction.

Hunt said Union Pacific has worked with the city of Richmond "to create a work structure that is as efficient as possible with limited construction space and variable windows of time due to local bus and train traffic."

Hunt said the work began in October and that he could not account for why the noises might have been louder Tuesday night.

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