GRANVILLE – The Illinois Commerce Commission approved an agreement to move forward with six highway-rail crossing safety improvements projects in Putnam County. The Agreement requires the Norfolk Southern Railway Company to install automatic warning devices at four locations in Granville, including McCoy Street, Main Street, Division Street and St. Paul Street. Two other crossings will see improvements, one in Mark at Hennepin Street and in McNabb. The total cost for the new automatic devices is $2,324,967. Illinois Commerce Commission staff recommended that the Grade Crossing Protection Funds be used to pay up to 95% of the signal design and installation costs. Norfolk Southern will pay all remaining costs as well as all future operating and maintenance costs.
“Keeping pedestrians, motorists and rail employee safe near and around railroad tracks is a top priority for the ICC. The allocation of Grade Crossing Protection funds enables important rail safety projects like these to move forward, and that’s a win for everyone who uses the crossings,” said ICC Commissioner Michael T. Carrigan.
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