The Ohio Senate’s Select Committee on Rail Safety unveiled its final report Wednesday morning. The Senate set up the panel in the wake of the East Palestine derailment in February of this year.
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That federal legislation is the Railway Safety Act of 2023, co-sponsored by Ohio’s U.S. Senate delegation. Recommending its passage is the committee’s first recommendation. “We added, it was, $100 million for the rail crossing safety program,” she said, “and my understanding is that we can get matches perhaps up to $400 million from the federal government for that. So maybe up to $500 million to improve rail safety crossings. That’s huge, because it’s often times at these crossings that accidents occur.”Democrats on the panel, however, expressed concerns about a lack of concrete action.
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