RE: (erielack) More Cutoff info

[tonyhorn1_@_comcast.net]

Does this sound like the "April Fools" emails about Tunkhannock a while back?

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From: "Henry W Jarusik" <hwjpa_@_fastem.com> 

> 
> 
> I'm not following this thread in great depth, however: 
> 
> It may be just a case of CYA by the entity running the meeting. It's 
> the "Make it seem worse than it is" school of thought. Then as 
> re-construction proceeds it couldn't get worse, only better, but, at 
> least they would avoid ending up with egg on their faces engineering or 
> financially speaking. 
> Take it from where it comes. It's very, very early in the process. 
> 
> Who ran this/runs these public hearings anyway? 
> 
> 
> Henry Jarusik 
> 
> 
> 
> On Wed, 31 Jan 2007 08:12:18 -0600, "Tupaczewski, Paul R (Paul)" 
> said: 
> > > 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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