The feds have expedited the deployment of a $25 million investment, trespassing incidents and train-vehicle collisions on Brightline Florida are down 30% year-over-year in the first quarter.
The funds, which the officials said the Biden Administration sat on for years, went toward modernizing infrastructure at railroad crossings to make communities safer for American families.
Improvements include upgrading 327 highway-rail grade crossings along 195 miles of the Brightline/Florida East Coast Railway corridor from Miami to Cocoa, installing 33 miles of fencing, rail dynamic envelopes, roadway striping, delineators, crisis support indicators, and deploying “Do Not Stop on Tracks” signage.
According to a release, under the current administration, the FRA has invested a total of $42 million to get dirt moving on key rail safety projects along Brightline Florida’s rail corridor. As of June 5, the project has upgraded more than half — 173 of the 327 crossings — and installed 116+ crisis support signs.
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