$570 Million in Grants to Improve Railroad Crossings Nationwide
The US Transportation Department is investing $570 million in infrastructure spending to replace, improve or study grade crossings, reducing the approximately 2,000 train-vehicle collisions that happen every year. The Federal Railroad Administration said the funds will go toward 34 projects, including five in Texas, the state with the most grade crossing blockage complaints. One of those projects, in Houston, will replace seven points where tracks and roads meet, reducing congestion and noise where train operators blow loud horns as a warning to vehicles.