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ORDC Provides Grant to Lorain Port Authority

COLUMBUS - The Ohio Rail Development Commission (ORDC) has approved a $7,696 grant to the Lorain Port Authority to purchase an easement and a 1.2-mile section of track that CSX Transportation Corporation has abandoned in the City of Lorain. 

James E. Seney, Executive Director of the ORDC, said the Port Authority needs the track and easement to guarantee it access to a planned multi-modal transportation center in the Grove Site redevelopment project near Lorain's central business district. The transportation center could be used as a future passenger rail facility and for freight purposes.

The Port Authority has started a $13 million to $20 million redevelopment project along the Black River. The multi-modal transportation center is expected to cost $6.95 million and would be paid for with funds from the Ohio Department of Transportation and the Federal Government.

"The ORDC grant will help the Port Authority bring this project to fruition and will preserve this rail corridor for future use by passenger and freight trains," said James E. Betts, the Chairman of the ORDC.

Contact: James E. Seney
               (614)644-0306

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