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Short-line railroad leaders urge Congress to preserve and expand CRISI funding, cite $12 billion deferred-maintenance backlog
Summary
Short-line operators and industry representatives told the House subcommittee that CRISI grants and advanced appropriations are critical to upgrading small railroad infrastructure, creating jobs, and preventing service interruptions. Witnesses recommended process improvements to shorten award-to-obligation timelines.
Short-line railroad operators and their advocates told the House Subcommittee on Rail that federal CRISI grants have been transformational but that slow federal processing and long award-to-obligation timelines limit the program's benefits.
"The backlog of projects to upgrade rail and bridges to modern standards on short lines is $12,000,000,000," Kristen Bevel, general counsel and chief legal officer at Pinsley Railroad Company and a vice president of the…
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