Joe,
We live in Shadow Hills, off of Connelly Mill Rd. Having cross the railroad tracks 2 times a day is kidney busting sometimes. We got word last year that the track crossing was going to be fixed. Materials started showing up for it in late winter. They are still sitting there with no improvements made. My wife contacted the county to see what was up. She was informed that the county had money earmarked for the project through the "Great Ones" federal stimulus plan. It is up to the rail road to do the project though- with the stimulus money from the county. Here's the catch though. If they do not get the project done, the money will be lost - and time is running out. The county has already got an extension on the money twice and can not be extended again. This is the story as we have been told- but I really don't know if we are just getting the run around or not. Thought it may make a good story for your blog though with some more investigation.
Signed,
A source from Delmar
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If you could see the mountain of paperwork that one has to fill out and present to the government in order to do one of these ARRA projects, before, during and after, you would have to charge double for the workload it adds to a normally simple job.
ReplyDeleteNo run around, you were told correct. The railroad has to perform the work. It is their railroad. I travel that crossing as well, and have been asking questions from the time I found out about the project. We are at the mercy of Norfolk Southern, and should address the questions to them.
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