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Councilman urges escalation after CSX fails to respond on railroad ties and Buffalo St. crossing
Summary
Officials reported no response from CSX about a pile of railroad ties and a degraded Buffalo Street crossing; City staff contacted the regional MPO and secured a new CSX public affairs contact, and a councilman urged sending the matter to U.S. Sen. Todd Young if lower‑level outreach fails.
Michigan City officials and residents pressed the Board of Public Works and Safety for action after months of complaints about piles of railroad ties along a CSX line and a deteriorated railroad crossing at Buffalo Street.
City staff told the board they had not received a response from CSX as of this meeting and had asked the Northwest Indiana Regional Planning Commission (the metropolitan planning…
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