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The Grafton & Upton Railroad Co. is seeking state approval to acquire by eminent domain a 155-acre property in Hopedale to build a rail yard and add track space.Here's another more detailed article from Hopedale Wicked Local: https://hopedale.wickedlocal.com/news/2 ... -wednesday
In filings with the Massachusetts Department of Public Utilities, the railroad said it needs the space to build a rail yard and transloading facility, but the owner has been unwilling to sell the vacant, wooded land near Route 140 in Hopedale.
The company wants to use the land for a new transloading yard and additional tracks for storage, switching and maintenance. Milanoski said that means five new tracks on either side of the existing line, and likely some buildings.and
The state Department of Public Utilities will hold a hearing from 7-9 p.m. Wednesday at Hopedale Junior-Senior High School on the subject. External hearings are relatively unusual for the department, which typically holds hearings at its Boston headquarters.Q: Wonder why the vacant area in Milford where the G&U is expected to connect to the MBTA Milford - Forge Park line couldn't be developed as a transload facility by G&U?
johnpbarlow wrote: ↑Sun Jul 21, 2019 4:34 am Here's more info behind G&U's eminent domain filing to acquire 155 acres in Hopedale:As that is part of the Charles River and it's resource area, I think that would incite a world class controversy incurring world class legal expenses.. The propane facility and the Upton wood pellet debacles would pale in comparison.
https://www.wbjournal.com/article/graft ... n-hopedale
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The Grafton & Upton Railroad Co. is seeking state approval to acquire by eminent domain a 155-acre property in Hopedale to build a rail yard and add track space.Here's another more detailed article from Hopedale Wicked Local: https://hopedale.wickedlocal.com/news/2 ... -wednesday
In filings with the Massachusetts Department of Public Utilities, the railroad said it needs the space to build a rail yard and transloading facility, but the owner has been unwilling to sell the vacant, wooded land near Route 140 in Hopedale.
Excerpt:The company wants to use the land for a new transloading yard and additional tracks for storage, switching and maintenance. Milanoski said that means five new tracks on either side of the existing line, and likely some buildings.andThe state Department of Public Utilities will hold a hearing from 7-9 p.m. Wednesday at Hopedale Junior-Senior High School on the subject. External hearings are relatively unusual for the department, which typically holds hearings at its Boston headquarters.Q: Wonder why the vacant area in Milford where the G&U is expected to connect to the MBTA Milford - Forge Park line couldn't be developed as a transload facility by G&U?
bostontrainguy wrote: ↑Sun Jul 21, 2019 11:02 am I know it would be a rather sharp curve, but is a wye possible here? There aren't going to be long fast freight trains going through here.There was talk of it a little earlier in the thread, here..