Danville has been awarded two state grants to examine railroad crossings in the city. The grants are from the Illinois Department of Transportation program to fund long range transportation plans.
One grant is for 400 thousand dollars to fund a planned grade crossing and rail relocation study. Mayor Rickey Williams says the city wants to study the train crossings to see if there are ways to install devices that would tell motorists about crossing blocks ahead and provide alternative routes. The total cost of this project is expected to be 500 thousand dollars.
The second grant is for 200 thousand dollars of federal and state money. The Mayor says it will be used to do a long-term analysis of Danville Mass Transit routes and how they can work better with rail crossings.
