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.