Get Full Government Meeting Transcripts, Videos, & Alerts Forever!
Get email alerts on the Drainage And Rail topic
No spam. Unsubscribe anytime.
Board approves $64,739 Norfolk Southern agreement for east-side drainage; members question rail activity
Summary
The board approved a contract with Norfolk Southern Railway Company for drainage work adjacent to rail property; a board member asked whether the tracks still see train traffic and raised concerns about paying rail-related costs where activity appears limited.
The Evansville City Board of Public Works approved a $64,739 contract with Norfolk Southern Railway Company for project 23-024, described as east-side drainage improvements adjacent to Norfolk Southern rail property and the Wabashiri Canal legal drain.
City staff said certain Norfolk Southern work—labor and other services—was required to allow the city's stormwater improvements to proceed where the project intersects the rail real estate. When the amount and the need for the agreement were presented, Board member Mister Weil asked whether trains still operate on that track and whether the rail was in active use.
A Norfolk Southern representative was not recorded on the transcript. City staff said tracks and the side rail remain in place though “fairly eroded,” and noted that most active freight activity in the area was with CSX, not Norfolk Southern. The city described the contract as covering several items, including labor by Norfolk Southern and right-of-way coordination.
The board moved and approved the contract by voice vote; the meeting record shows the vote passed with “Aye.”
