Original sentence: As part the I-40 Crosstown Realignment, the former yard tracks were replaced by the new highway.BNSF filed a petition to bypass hearings and debate all together to force the realignment.In the 1980s the facility was purchased by the city of Oklahoma City to become a multimodal transportation center at a cost of $1.8 million, with $1.2 million being an Federal Transit Authority.On 6/5/2008 the STB stated that BNSF falsified an application and ruled against the realignment.Space for two rail tracks has been preserved as has the station itself.This realignment was unsuccessfully challenged by several organizations (OnTrac, North American Transportation Institute, Common Cause).This realignment will add an additional 10 lanes of road through downtown Oklahoma City while the current corridor becomes an at-grade boulevard
Edited sentence: BNSF filed a petition to bypass hearings and debate all together to force the realignment [FD_35164_0.For the I-40 Crosstown Realignment, Oklahoma City has removed the rail yard and access tunnels south of Union Station while preserving two existing rail lines and the main building.In the 1980s the station & the depot was purchased by the city of Oklahoma City to become a multimodal transportation center at a cost of $1.8 million, with $1.2 million being an FTA grant for the sole purpose of using Union Station for mass transit.Oklahoma will spend roughly $1 billion on the project with a projected completion date of 2012, three years later than the original target date and at almost four times the projected cost.On 6/5/2008 the STB stated that BNSF falsified an application and ruled against the realignment [AB_6_430_X.This realignment has been unsuccessfully challenged by several organizations (OnTrac, North American Transportation Institute, Common Cause).This realignment will add an additional 10 lanes of road through downtown Oklahoma City while the current corridor becomes a major thoroughfare