North Dakota
DOT Awards $6.7 Million to North Dakota Department of Transportation for Railroad Repair in Oakes
WASHINGTON
– U.S. Senator Kevin Cramer (R-ND) introduced at this time
the U.S. Division of Transportation’s (DOT) Federal Railroad Administration
(FRA) awarded $6,704,544
to the North Dakota Division of Transportation for Rural Financial
Preservation By way of Rail Substitute.
The proposed undertaking will exchange roughly 14.5 miles of outdated
jointed rail with steady welded rail on the Purple River Valley & Western
Railroad between Independence and Oakes, North Dakota. The undertaking will consequence
in a extra reliable rail system and keep financial competitiveness for the
impacted space with a heavy concentrate on an agricultural market in anticipation of
future demand.