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3/12/2008
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Ohio rail commission to consider 10 freight-rail projects
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Tomorrow's Ohio Rail Development Commission (ORDC) meeting figures to be a busy one, at least from a freight-rail perspective. Commissioners will consider providing funds or approvals for 10 freight-rail projects.
"If anyone ever needed evidence that demand to move more freight by rail is growing, they need only look at the agenda," ORDC officials said in a meeting announcement.
Among the projects to be considered are:
• Wheeling & Lake Erie Railway Co.'s rehabilitation of a 26-mile section of its Carrollton Line;
• Akron Metro Regional Transit Authority's Canton Line bridge work;
• Camp Chase Railroad's track rehabilitation;
• Cleveland Commercial Railroad's various track improvements;
• R.J. Corman Railroad Co.'s rehabilitation work on the Cleveland Line;
• Indiana & Northeastern Railroad's grade crossing upgrades;
• Maumee & Western Railroad's Defiance Yard improvements;
• Ohio Central Railroad System's crossing vegetation-control work;
• West Central Ohio Port Authority's replacement of the Sugar Creek rail bridge; and
• Youngstown & Southeastern Railroad's crossing rebuilds.
An independent Ohio Department of Transportation agency, ORDC oversees freight and passenger railroad, grade crossing safety, and rail travel and tourism issues.
"If anyone ever needed evidence that demand to move more freight by rail is growing, they need only look at the agenda," ORDC officials said in a meeting announcement.
Among the projects to be considered are:
• Wheeling & Lake Erie Railway Co.'s rehabilitation of a 26-mile section of its Carrollton Line;
• Akron Metro Regional Transit Authority's Canton Line bridge work;
• Camp Chase Railroad's track rehabilitation;
• Cleveland Commercial Railroad's various track improvements;
• R.J. Corman Railroad Co.'s rehabilitation work on the Cleveland Line;
• Indiana & Northeastern Railroad's grade crossing upgrades;
• Maumee & Western Railroad's Defiance Yard improvements;
• Ohio Central Railroad System's crossing vegetation-control work;
• West Central Ohio Port Authority's replacement of the Sugar Creek rail bridge; and
• Youngstown & Southeastern Railroad's crossing rebuilds.
An independent Ohio Department of Transportation agency, ORDC oversees freight and passenger railroad, grade crossing safety, and rail travel and tourism issues.