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City staff weigh cost-sharing, timing issues for South Passage railroad crossing replacement
Summary
Staff told the committee the railroad offered a cost‑share to replace planking at the South Passage crossing; staff recommended researching existing agreements and coordinating timing with a planned road reconstruction to limit closures and engineering costs.
Isanti City staff told the Committee of the Whole that the railroad is offering to replace the concrete planking at the South Passage crossing next year but is proposing that the city pay roughly half the tracked planking cost and run its own contract for traffic control and street patching.
Jason (staff member) said the railroad quoted about $1,000 per foot for planking and that the crossing requires roughly 40 feet of planking, which the railroad characterized as a $40,000 line‑item cost the city would have to fund via a force account agreement. Jason…
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