Thursday, September 19, 2013

All Aboard Florida to pay for safety improvements at dozens of... | www.palmbeachpost.com

This is excellent news. I think Lake Worth has around 11 crossings that would require upgrading for the high speed train service represented by All Aboard Florida. At first cities were told they would have to come up with millions of dollars for the improvements. Now, that's different. Click title for link. From the article:
FECI Executive Vice President Jose Gonzalez on Thursday morning told the Palm Beach Metropolitan Planning Organization that All Aboard Florida will not hold the local entities to requirements in their easements agreements and will instead include the crossing upgrades in the company’s planned track upgrades.
That was good news for officials who are looking for money to ensure residents relief from 32 additional train horns each day. Palm Beach County has four times the number of residences affected as Miami-Dade County and twice that of Broward County because communities grew up along the railroad.