NEWS

OHIO RAIL

DEVELOPMENT COMMISSION

50 W. Broad Street, Columbus, Ohio 43215

(614) 644-0306 telephone or fax (614) 728-4520

http://www.dot.state.oh.us/ohiorail/

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Stu Nicholson

Date: July 29, 2005 (614) 644-0513

Heath Area Crossing Repaired

State Route 79 Crossing Damaged By Wind Storm

(Columbus) – Motorists traveling busy State Route 79 South of Heath, Ohio can be assured that they’ll get adequate warning of approaching trains at the crossing with the Ohio Central Railroad. Ice and an electrical short had damaged the crossing after a winter storm, rendering the lights and gates inoperable.

While awaiting repairs, Ohio Central Railroad crews were required to provide a flagman at the crossing each time trains would move in and out of the nearby industrial park served by the line.

Those repairs have now been made and the lights and gates are back in working order.

(The Ohio Rail Development Commission is an independent agency operating within the Ohio Department of Transportation. ORDC is responsible for economic development through the improvement and expansion of passenger and freight rail service, railroad grade crossing safety and rail travel & tourism issues. For more information about what ORDC does for Ohio, visit our website at http://www.dot.state.oh.us/ohiorail/)