NCDOT improves rail crossings in three counties

The North Carolina Department of Transportation’s Rail Division, North Carolina Railroad Company and Norfolk Southern Railway have partnered on improvements to make railroad crossings safer and more efficient in Lenoir, Craven and Carteret counties. The improvement projects were paid for with 55.7 percent state funds from NCDOT, 24.3 percent state funds from the North Carolina Railroad and 20 percent funds from NS.   This is a part of the North Carolina Railroad Company’s Eastern North Carolina Safety Project to improve grade crossing protection on unsignalized or partially signalized grade crossings between Pine Level and Morehead City. This project is also a part of a comprehensive statewide NCDOT program to enhance highway safety by adding or improving signals and gates at public railroad crossings. Automatic warning devices are now in place at more than 2,400 of North Carolina’s over 4,100 public at-grade crossings.   Lenoir County: NCDOT revised crossing signals and installed gates at the NS intersections of Wooten Street in La Grange, Parrott Dickerson Road near Kinston, Blount Street in Kinston and Independence Street in Kinston. This project cost $994,340. Craven County: NCDOT revised crossing signals and installed gates at the NS intersections of Up Creek Road in Cove City, Prentiss Riggs Road near Cove City, Clark’s Road near New Bern and Camp Kiro Road near James City. This project cost $1,002,000. Carteret County: NCDOT revised crossing signals and installed gates at the NS intersection of Carl Garner Road. This project cost $268,000. @font-face { font-family: "Times New Roman"; }@font-face { font-family: "Tahoma"; }@font-face { font-family: "Tahoma-Bold"; }p.MsoNormal, li.MsoNormal, div.MsoNormal { margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman"; }table.MsoNormalTable { font-size: 10pt; font-family: "Times New Roman"; }div.Section1 { page: Section1; }