A joint status report before the U.S. Surface Transportation Board suggests a nearly 3-1/2-year-old case over the Gulf Coast rail project will be dismissed by Sept. 13.
The approach of the CSX line at Cooper Riverside Park and the Arthur R. Outlaw Mobile Convention Center in downtown Mobile, Ala., as taken on Monday, Aug. 5, 2024. Amtrak has been before the U.S. Surface Transportation Board as part of a case against CSX and Norfolk Southern over the fate of passenger rail along the Gulf Coast for close to 3-1/2 years.
Utility relocations could be tricky, according to officials including Ray Lang, Amtrak’s vice-president of state-supported services. The process could involve three parties – Amtrak, the Federal Railroad Administration, and the Alabama State Historical Preservation Office.The only utility flags at the site of the future Amtrak platform in downtown Mobile, Ala., as taken on Monday, Aug. 5, 2024.The utility work looms as a potential wild card in determining when the Amtrak service can restart.
Candace Cooksey, a spokesperson with the City of Mobile, said the Mobile Area Water and Sewer System will need some of its water lines relocated. Also, she said, the city has fiber optic lines and stormwater infrastructure that is likely to be affected. Said Lang, “It’s part of the process. I think are not as deep as we thought, and it will add more time but it’s in the plan.”
Kathryn Shoupe, spokesperson with the Alabama Historical Commission, said the FRA will have a professional archaeologist monitor the initial excavations for the project, acknowledging that test excavations were not possible under an active freight railroad.
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