Durango Herald: "Rockwood residents want relief from train departures north of Durango"

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Durango Herald Article by Patrick Armijo
Rockwood residents are concerned another summer filled with heavy traffic from the Durango & Silverton Narrow Gauge Railroad will overburden infrastructure and disrupt life in the quiet subdivision about 14 miles north of Durango.

John McAward, president of the Rockwood Estates Homeowners Association board of directors, said trash from crowds last season was more than a nuisance – with smokers dropping cigarette butts onto dry pine needles, it was a fire hazard.

“Several years ago, one of our neighbors tried to do a wedding venue down here, and she was asking for 30 to 40 people on a weekend to come down. It was denied by the county because the county road (County Road 200) already exceeded the capacity to have that much traffic,” he said.

He wonders why the same standards are not applied to D&SNG’s trains.