A pair of long-expected federal grants awarded this week are going to mean millions of dollars for railroad upgrades on the Gulf Coast, but obstacles remain to resuming Amtrak service.
The money from the Consolidated Rail Infrastructure and Safety Improvement program, or CRISI, will go to two major Gulf Coast projects:
“We know that there are so many places in the U.S., certainly places around the Gulf Coast, where we need to improve the conditions of our railroads,” U.S. Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg told FOX10 News. “That benefits supply chains. It benefits anybody who counts on the goods that move along those rails, and it can benefit passengers, as well.”
The grant will pay for a spur from the Mobile Aeroplex at Brookley to the site of the Mobile train stop next to the Arthur Outlaw Mobile Convention Center. The project involves the construction of bridges over Washington Avenue and a drainage creek, as well as crossovers and switches. “I think wisely, they’re trying to determine exactly what the future is of that site,” Ross said. “‘Cause I mean, you got the cruise ship terminal; you got other things going on there.”
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