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Berks County authorizes letters of support for Coalbrookdale/Cobrookdale railroad funding
Summary
The board read and authorized letters of support for Cobrookdale Railroad Preservation Trust and the Berks County Redevelopment Authority seeking state and local funds for safety and capacity upgrades, including requests of $2.66 million and up to $4 million and a proposed local share up to $100,000.
Commissioner Christian Linebach read multiple resolutions authorizing letters of support for applications to state rail funding and redevelopment grant programs tied to the Cobrookdale/Coalbrookdale Railroad.
Items included a letter of support for the Berks County Redevelopment Authority's application to the rail transportation assistance program for $2,660,000 to complete critical safety and capacity upgrades to the Coalbrookdale Railroad in Berks and Montgomery counties; a letter supporting a local share account application of up to $100,000; and a letter in support of an application to the Redevelopment Assistance Capital Program for up to $4,000,000 for related upgrades in Berks County.
Linebach described the items as supporting safety and mobility improvements to the Bordertown yard area and to Pottstown Steel River Station and surrounding tourism and recreation districts. The resolutions were presented on the agenda; the provided transcript lists the items and amounts but does not show a separate roll-call vote for each item in the excerpt.
