Harris County Pct. 2 Commissioner Adrian Garcia announced Friday the county has been awarded a $2 million grant by the U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) through its Railroad Crossing Elimination Grant Program.
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‘I’ve gone under it’: Train stalls in Houston’s East End improving, officials say but homeowners don’t feel itof Houston has borne the burden of living with sometimes deadly consequences of multiple train crossings through their neighborhoods. This is exasperated when trains tend to stop for hours, causing members of the community to take unnecessary risks for fear that their schedules will be severely affected.
Harris County and the City of Houston will provide a 20 percent non-Federal match, demonstrating a strong local commitment to addressing the community’s needs. This initiative aligns with the FRA’s goals and qualifies for the statutory set-aside for planning projects under the Railroad Crossing Elimination Grant Program.Triangle R.A.I.L.S. Plan is part of the FRA’s larger $79.
The East End has seen a number of problems and also deadly accidents involving trains. In December, a Milby High School student,, was hit and killed by a train in the 2000 block of Broadway Street as he was walking to school.The incident led to calls for a bridge to be built over the railroad in the area in order for kids to be able to walk to school more safely.Christian Terry covered digital news in Tyler and Wichita Falls before returning to the Houston area where he grew up.
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