RE: (erielack) More Cutoff info

["Tupaczewski, Paul R \(Paul\)" <paultup_@_alcatel-lucent.com>]

> TRAINS:  STROUDSBURG, Pa. - The viaduct over the Delaware 
> River in Slateford, Pa., may be an impediment to the 
> restoration of passenger rail service on the former 
> Lackawanna New Jersey Cutoff. At a public hearing last week 
> in Stroudsburg, residents were told that the viaduct in 
> Slateford needs "extensive rehabilitation" before trains use 
> it again, the Pocono Record Writer reported. The hearing 
> addressed issues in a draft environmental assessment needed 
> to apply for the $551 million in federal funds to make rail 
> service between Scranton, Pa., and Hoboken, N.J., a reality. 
> The bridge, several miles south of the Delaware Water Gap, 
> needs new arches and a new deck. Both are "severely 
> deteriorated," according to the report.


Seriously? I know there's been some minor concrete leaching, but "new
arches?" Are they serious???

Not being a civil engineer, I can't attest to the bridge's strength, but
having walked across it several times, it sure seems substantial to me.

	- Paul

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