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WGU EGT1 Task 3

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In the year 2014, sixteen people were killed every week by train accidents. Chelsea is a small suburban town in the state of Alabama. It is located just miles south of one of Alabama's largest cities, Birmingham. There are many railroad crossings located in the city of Chelsea, but the crossing located on Highway 377 is not up to date on safety features. The plan is to use Chelsea’s Public Works leftover to build crossing gates and warning signals, and since there is money left a donation will be given to the Chelsea schools. The city of Chelsea has a problem. The railroad crossing on highway 377 needs crossing arms and flashing lights. At the time, the crossing only has a sign that signifies that there is a railroad crossing. According to the problem, the crossing is located on highway 377 near Old Highway 280. This is a problem for Chelsea because many people were …show more content…

The cost for the project is 44,000 dollars. According to the Department of Transportation, warning lights cost 23,000 and gates are 11,000 each. The resources needed are warning lights and two crossing gates it will be 44,000 dollars in total. According to the United States Census Bureau and some simple calculations I have concluded that The Chelsea Public Works Department makes 1,248,700.46 dollars yearly. Only 500,000 to 800,000 dollars is used yearly leaving 448700.46 dollars unused, so we will not have to worry about raising taxes or a fundraiser. Since their will still be money left, 1,000 dollars will be donated to each Chelsea School
The plan is to build new safety features, at a cost of 44,000 dollars using the leftover money from the Public Works Fund. The railroad crossing on Highway 377 does not have proper safety features. The solution to this problem is use the salvage of the Public Works Fund. The cost of the solution is 44,000 dollars which covers a warning signals and two crossing gates. When this project is complete Chelsea will be safe

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