Chatham County Receives Grant Funding Through Railroad Crossing Elimination Program
Channel: Chatham County Government TV Station
Date: 2023-06-08

The Chatham County Board of Commissioners, County staff and other stakeholders held a news conference on Wednesday, June 7, 2023, at 10AM to discuss the recent award of $1,870,000 from the U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Railroad Administration. Chatham County was one of three counties in Georgia to receive the grant funding, which is part of the Railroad Crossing Elimination Program.

The project will eliminate eleven at-grade crossings on CSX and Norfolk Southern rights-of-way. That will allow longer trains to enter the Port of Savannah while also improving mobility for residents in the area by removing rail lines that bisect neighborhoods.