RE: (erielack) Re: M&E/Rahway Valley

["Tupaczewski, Paul R (Paul)" <paultup_@_lucent.com>]

Dave Goessling asked:

>1.) What will they do about the Rte. 22 crossing? Even in the old days it was a
>nightmare. Now all the cars are doing 65mph!

"Very expensive crossing protection" :)


>2.) Not only is the bridge in Summit gone, but there's a car dealer and
>high-rise parkng lot where the Summit interchange used to be. Could maybe go
>around them to the east, but that will be some high-priced land.

From what I now hear, the railroad had a deal with the town of Summit that gave them permission to tear down the bridge/interchange with the proviso that if service was to be restored, the town/county would pay to put the bridge and interchange back in.


>3.) Wasn't there talk of using the RV ROW for light rail? Could this be a
>prelude to dual use? The NIMBY factor will be extremely high all the way from
>Aldene to Summit, but perhaps light rail use would defuse it some.

If it's still railroad property, the NIMBYs really don't have much of a say here.

	- Paul

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