Shoo Fly Tunnel

Start Date: Q2 2010 Estimated Completion: Q1 2011

Open-Cutting of Tunnel

Greater vertical clearance is needed within the Shoofly Tunnel in the borough of Confluence. The tunnel will be open cut, removing rock cover and the roof of the tunnel. The necessity for right-of-way acquisitions is being researched and will be dependent on the extent of excavation needed to maintain stable slopes.

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Public Meetings for National Gateway Clearance Projects in Allegheny, Bedford, and Somerset Counties

March 01, 2010

Somerset
March 9, 2010 4:30 p.m.to 7:30 p.m. Open House Format
Quality Inn Conference Center
215 Ramada Road
Somerset, PA 15501

Pittsburgh
March 4, 2010 4:30 p.m.to 7:30 p.m. Open House Format
University Club at Pitt
123 University Place
Pittsburgh, PA 15260

CSX Transportation (CSXT) will host two public open houses to discuss the National Gateway rail infrastructure enhancements.

The initiative involves bridge replacements, tunnel work, and track lowerings along CSXT’s railroad between Coraopolis and Hyndman, Pennsylvania to obtain necessary vertical clearance required to allow more efficient and environmentally beneficial double-stack trains to pass.

SNOW CANCELLATION NOTICE: Public Meetings for National Gateway Clearance Projects in Allegheny, Bedford, and Somerset Counties

February 08, 2010

Due to the snow emergency, the public meetings scheduled for National Gateway projects in Allegheny, Bedford and Somerset Counties have been cancelled. The meetings were to be held Tuesday, February 9 at the Quality Inn Conference Center in Somerset, Pennsylvania and Wednesday, February 10 at the University Club at Pitt in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. These meetings will be rescheduled and announced shortly.

To learn more about specific National Gateway projects, visit updates.nationalgateway.org.

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