The Winchester Rail Yard project didn’t lose any ground yesterday at a State hearing.
The Oregon Transportation Commission delayed any action on a proposal to terminate project funding.
Roseburg City Manager Eric Swanson says that the City and community members supported continuation and final completion of the project.
Swanson says the possibility for the Commission to still remove the funding is there. Swanson says community testimony helped, including a lawsuit that was filed this week by RailAmerica/Central Oregon & Pacific Railroad.
When completed, the Winchester Rail Yard would take a lot of pressure off of the downtown aged facility. Traffic on Washington & Oak streets would not be blocked up as much as they are when a very long train passes thru town.