ALBANY - New York State Department of Transportation Commissioner Astrid Glynn Monday announced $20 million in state funding for projects that will upgrade critical rail infrastructure across New York State.
Selected projects include emergency repairs, safety and capacity enhancements and track structure and intermodal terminal improvements.
Projects funded as part of the $20 million 2007-2008 program include the following:
• $875,000 to Batten Kill Railroad Co. for critical substructure repairs to four bridges in Washington County;
• $1.49 million to Mohawk Adirondack & Northern Railroad Corp. for track rehabilitation in Utica and Rome, Oneida County, and Lyons Falls, Lewis County;
• $500,000 to Livonia Avon & Lakeville Railroad Corp. for track rehabilitation in Livingston and Monroe counties;
• $822,000 to Finger Lakes Railroad Co., Inc. for track and bridge rehabilitation and improvements in Schuyler and Yates counties;
• $1.1 million to Arcade & Attica Railroad Corp. for rail rehabilitation in Wyoming County;
• $1.5 million to Owego & Harford Railway, Inc. for track and bridge improvements in Tioga and Cortland counties;
• $257,000 to Empire State Development Corporation for track improvements at the Radisson Park Rail Yard in Onondaga County;
• $725,000 to Buffalo Southern Railroad, Inc. for track rehabilitation and installation in Erie County;
• $1.7 million to New York & Atlantic Railroad Corp. for industrial rail terminal construction and yard restoration in at the Deer Park Yard in Suffolk County;
• $604,000 to CSX Transportation, Inc. for track improvements and siding construction in Kingston, Ulster County;
• $1 million to the Town of Corinth to complete emergency repairs of the Adirondack Branch between Saratoga and Corinth;
• $1.5 million to Canadian Pacific Railway, Norfolk Southern Railway Co. and New York Susquehanna & Western Railway for improvements at Binghamton Yard in Broome County, designed to facilitate interaction among the three railroads and minimize delays;
• $5 million to Amtrak to subsidize operating costs associated with the Adirondack train service that travels through Schenectady, Saratoga, Essex, Washington and Clinton counties;
• $950,000 to Falls Road Railroad Co., Inc. to rehabilitate a bridge over the Erie Canal in Lockport, Niagara County; and
• $1.588 million to Clarendon & Pittsford Railroad Corp. for track and bridge rehabilitation in Washington County.
Selected projects include emergency repairs, safety and capacity enhancements and track structure and intermodal terminal improvements.
Projects funded as part of the $20 million 2007-2008 program include the following:
• $875,000 to Batten Kill Railroad Co. for critical substructure repairs to four bridges in Washington County;
• $1.49 million to Mohawk Adirondack & Northern Railroad Corp. for track rehabilitation in Utica and Rome, Oneida County, and Lyons Falls, Lewis County;
• $500,000 to Livonia Avon & Lakeville Railroad Corp. for track rehabilitation in Livingston and Monroe counties;
• $822,000 to Finger Lakes Railroad Co., Inc. for track and bridge rehabilitation and improvements in Schuyler and Yates counties;
• $1.1 million to Arcade & Attica Railroad Corp. for rail rehabilitation in Wyoming County;
• $1.5 million to Owego & Harford Railway, Inc. for track and bridge improvements in Tioga and Cortland counties;
• $257,000 to Empire State Development Corporation for track improvements at the Radisson Park Rail Yard in Onondaga County;
• $725,000 to Buffalo Southern Railroad, Inc. for track rehabilitation and installation in Erie County;
• $1.7 million to New York & Atlantic Railroad Corp. for industrial rail terminal construction and yard restoration in at the Deer Park Yard in Suffolk County;
• $604,000 to CSX Transportation, Inc. for track improvements and siding construction in Kingston, Ulster County;
• $1 million to the Town of Corinth to complete emergency repairs of the Adirondack Branch between Saratoga and Corinth;
• $1.5 million to Canadian Pacific Railway, Norfolk Southern Railway Co. and New York Susquehanna & Western Railway for improvements at Binghamton Yard in Broome County, designed to facilitate interaction among the three railroads and minimize delays;
• $5 million to Amtrak to subsidize operating costs associated with the Adirondack train service that travels through Schenectady, Saratoga, Essex, Washington and Clinton counties;
• $950,000 to Falls Road Railroad Co., Inc. to rehabilitate a bridge over the Erie Canal in Lockport, Niagara County; and
• $1.588 million to Clarendon & Pittsford Railroad Corp. for track and bridge rehabilitation in Washington County.