Second project approved for Fairfield County, Ohio rail upgrades
Written by jrood
The Ohio Rail Development Commission has approved the second project within two months to upgrade and rehabilitate tracks in Fairfield County, The Eagle-Gazette reports. The new project will be the rehabilitation of a 5.8-mile stretch of track running south of Lancaster on the Indiana & Ohio Railway line going to Logan. The project includes replacing 3,000 crossties. The cost is estimated to be $300,000, with the Ohio Rail Development Commission pitching in with up to $150,000 in grant funding. The Indiana & Ohio Railway will pay the other 50 percent. The Lancaster to Logan line generated 267 carloads in 2009.
