Decision on School Street Crossing Coming
"We're getting pressure from the DOT" to close it, Mayor Tommy Allegood said during Wednesday's town hall meeting with residents.
Within 30 days, Acworth will decide if it will follow the recommendations of CSX and the Georgia Department of Transportation and close the School Street railroad crossing, Mayor Tommy Allegood said during Wednesday's town hall meeting with residents. "The DOT has given us a really bad grade," he told the crowd assembled inside City Hall. "Of course, anybody that drives over that thing knows that it's not safe." In February 2010, a U.S. Food Service driver abandoned his semi when the tractor-trailer got stuck on the tracks. An oncoming CSX train pushed the truck at least 40 yards down the tracks, according to the Marietta Daily Journal. One woman at Wednesday's meeting said she had a close call of her own when her car got stuck on the …
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