DENVER — Neighbors in northeast Park Hill say they have endured nearly two weeks of constant train horns at the intersection of Smith Road and Dahila Street. Several tried to take matters into their own hands but said the Regional Transportation District (RTD) “haven’t had really any answers.”
Kelly and Spencer De La Mora have lived in the neighborhood for the past two years because it was peaceful and “close enough to the city, but not in the city.” However, the peace they loved has been disrupted by the constant sounds of train horns.
“We have tried earbuds, noise-canceling earphones. We actually hung every single blanket in our house over our windows to try to dampen the sound, and it hasn’t worked, unfortunately,” said Spencer De La Mora. “So, just since the 16th, we haven’t slept throughout the night because by our math, (we have heard) approximately 576 horns throughout 24 hours, all day, all night.”…