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OHIO RAIL DEVELOPMENT COMMISSION
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| March 14, 2008 |
Commissioners Support Gov. Strickland's "Building Ohio Jobs" Plan/Oppose
Increased Truck Weights Proposal |
| January 18, 2008 |
ORDC Commissioners OK Rail Vision for 2008; Action Plan Approved Along with
Ohio Hub Resolution |
| January 14, 2008 |
January 16 Meeting
Announcement: Two Rail Projects Mean 100's of Jobs, Commissioners To
Get Action Plan |
| January 8, 2008 |
Rail Commission, Corn Growers
Celebrate Ethanol Plant |
| October 22, 2007 |
ORDC Panhandle Line Advisory Committee Discussions on Possible
Long-Term Lease of the State-Owned Line |
| September 26, 2007 |
ORDC
Panhandle Line Advisory Committee to Meet to Study Options for Long-Term
Lease of State-Owned Rail Line |
| September 18, 2007 |
Lights &
Gates to Replace "Crossbucks" at 3 Grade Crossings in Trumbull & Tuscarawas
Counties |
| September 13, 2007 |
ORDC Commissioners
OK Lease Study of Panhandle Line; Also Approve $$$ for Canton Area Tunnel
Repairs |
| September 13, 2007 |
Matt Dietrich Named ORDC
Executive Director |
| July 26, 2007 |
New
Ohio Rail Map Released |
| July 12, 2007 |
Million Dollar
Loan OK'd For Lima Ethanol Plant Loan Would Fund Rail Spur to Greater Ohio
Ethanol |
| July 6, 2007 |
Dangerous Crossings
in Clinton & Champaign Counties Get Major Safety Upgrade |
| July 6, 2007 |
Shelby & Miami
County Grade Crossings Get Safety Upgrades |
| May 31, 2007 |
Smoother Rides Across The
Tracks: ORDC & CSX Team Up to Upgrade 17 Grade Crossing Surfaces |
| May 26, 2007 |
Rail Projects & Executive Director Search on ORDC Meeting Agenda |
| May 18, 2007 |
ORDC Commissioners &
Staff Approve $1.2 Million in Grants & Loans for Rail Projects That Retain &
Create Jobs |
| May 14, 2007 |
Freight Rail / Jobs on ORDC Agenda |
| May 7, 2007 |
Ohio's First
"4-Quad" Lights & Gates Operational At Loveland, Ohio |
| April 25, 2007 |
Candidate
for ORDC Executive Director Withdraws |
| April 24, 2007 |
ORDC Executive
Director Search Narrows |
| April 20, 2007 |
Midwest Regional
Rail Economic Impact Report Released |
| April 19, 2007 |
ORDC
Commissioners Meet to Consider Executive Director Candidates |
| April 19, 2007 |
City of Loveland Gets
Ohio's First "Four-Quad" Lights and Gates |
| March 30, 2007 |
Freight Rail Improvements
Get ORDC Okay |
| March 28, 2007 |
Four Entities Team Together
to Fund Three Medina County Crossings Get Major Safety Upgrades |
| March 28, 2007 |
Candidates to be
Interviewed for ORDC Executive Director Post |
| March 15, 2007 |
ORDC Commissioners to
Meet On Executive Director Search |
| March 1, 2007 |
ORDC Commission Meeting Rescheduled |
| February 23, 2007 |
ORDC
Seeking Public Input On Possible Grade Crossing Closures Along Mt.
Vernon-Newark Rail Line |
| February 9, 2007 |
Old Crossings Get
Modern Safety Upgrades |
| February 7, 2007 |
Hazardous Grade
Crossings Get New Lights & Gates |
| February 2, 2007 |
Safety Upgrades to
Three Grade Crossings Cuyahoga, Stark & Trumbull Counties |
| January 12, 2007 |
ORDC Commissioners OK Freight Projects / Re-open Executive Director Search |
| January 8, 2007 |
Freight
Rail Projects / New ORDC Executive Director on Commission Agenda |
| December 21, 2006 |
Hazardous Lorain Crossing Gets Safety Upgrade |
| December 15, 2006 |
Four
ORDC Commissioners Re-Appointed |
| November 9, 2006 |
Freight
Rail Projects Get ORDC OK |
| November 7, 2006 |
Major Grade Crossing Safety Improvements in Springfield |
| September 8, 2006 |
ORDC Seeks Input on Perry County Rail Line |
| August 23, 2006 |
ORDC’s
Jim Seney Ends 38 Years of Government Service |
| June 23, 2006 |
Marion Opens Major Intermodal Rail & Truck Center |
| May 24, 2006 |
Ohio Senate Passes Ohio Hub Resolution |
| May 10, 2006 |
“Heartland Corridor” Gets Ohio $$$ |
| May 5, 2006 |
Ohio Hub May Benefit From Freight Rail Project |
| January 12, 2006 |
Major
Projects Get ORDC Approval |
| January 2, 2006 |
Major
Railroads Support Ohio Hub Plan |
| December 13, 2005 |
Re-Activated Rail Line Gets First New
Grade Crossing Upgrade |
| November 2005 |
ORDC Welcomes New
Commissioner - North Canton's
Barbara Hammontree Bennett Named By Gov. Taft |
| November 18. 2005 |
Ohio Hub
Plan Advancing |
| October 21, 2005 |
Economic
Impact Study of the Ohio Hub Rail Plan Gets "Clear Track" to Proceed |
| October 4, 2005 |
ORDC Brings $$$ for
Clyde Rail Spur |
| September 29, 2005 |
Panhandle Line Sale
Postponed Indefinitely |
| September 7, 2005 |
Build It Now |
| August 24, 2005 |
Ohio
Senator Co-Sponsors Major Rail Bill |
| August 2, 2005 |
On The Right Track:
Congress Takes Steps To Invest In U.S. Rails |
| July 29, 2005 |
Heath
Area Crossing Repaired |
| July 14, 2005 |
Proposal
to Sell Panhandle Rail Line To
Get Public Hearing |
| July 8, 2005 |
ORDC
Commissioners To Get Panhandle Line Sale Draft Proposal |
| May 26, 2005 |
Warren
Crossing Gets Safety Upgrade |
| May 26, 2005 |
North
Lima Gets Safer Crossing |
| May 25, 2005 |
Safer
Crossing for Fulton County |
| May 13, 2005 |
ORDC
Commissioners OK Funds for Coal Mine Rail Project |
| March 30, 2005 |
Ohio
Hub Gets Planning Dollars |
| March 11, 2005 |
Guernsey County Gets Safer
Crossing |
| March 11, 2005 |
Licking County Gets Crossing Upgrades |
| March 10, 2005 |
ORDC
Commissioners OK Key Rail Projects |
| March 3, 2005 |
Arena
District Gets Safer Crossing |
| February 18, 2005 |
Save
Amtrak, What For? |
| January
5, 2005 |
Christmas
Air Travel Snags Show
We Need High Speed Passenger Rail |
| December
6, 2004 |
Public
Meetings in Lima on ORDC "Ohio
Hub" Plan |
| November
16, 2004 |
Get
Ohio Moving . . . On Trains |
| October
1, 2004 |
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Crossings in Paulding, Putnam and Hancock Counties to Get Safety Upgrades |
| September
27, 2004 |
Talking
About Quiet Zones |
| September 24, 2004 |
Selling
Panhandle Won’t Be A Sellout |
| September 3, 2004 |
Amtrak
Service Cuts To Ohio:A Mixed Bag of Bad News & Good News |
| August
19, 2004 |
Moving
More Freight On Less Track: Lack of Rail Capacity Hurting Our
Economy
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| July
29, 2004 |
New
Ohio Rail Map Goes Top Tech |
| July 15, 2004 |
Old
Railroad “Crossbucks” Find A Home |
| July 8, 2004 |
ORDC
Moves to Refinance the Panhandle Line |
| June 11, 2004 |
The
State of the Railroads in Ohio |
| June 3, 2004 |
Gasoline
Prices:Time
to Rethink Rail in Ohio |
| May 28, 2004 |
Willard
Area Crossing On The Fast Track For A Fix |
| May 7, 2004 |
Car-Train
Fatalities Hit Record Lows In U.S. & Ohio |
| May 5, 2004 |
ORDC
Names New Public Information Officer |
| January 22, 2004 |
Central
Ohio Transit Authority Grant |
| November 13, 2003 |
WCH
Molding, LLC Grant |
| November 13, 2003 |
Wheeling
& Lake Erie Railroad/Valley Line Loan |
| September 11, 2003 |
Railroad
Security |
| September 11, 2003 |
Commission
Meeting Project Summary |
| September 11, 2003 |
West
Central Ohio Port Authority Grant |
| September 11, 2003 |
Columbiana
County Port Authority Loan |
| May 28, 2003 |
Clinton
County Railroad Crossing Improvement |
| May 21, 2003 |
Brown
County Railroad Crossing Improvement |
| May 21, 2003 |
Shelby
County Railroad Crossing Improvement |
| April 9,
2003 |
Licking
County Railroad Crossing Improvement |
| April 9,
2003 |
Van
Wert County Railroad Crossing Improvements |
| March 3,
2003 |
The
"State of Freight Railroading Report" |
| January 9, 2003 |
Tower
Automotive Products Company Receives ORDC Grant to Expand Bellevue
Facility |
| November 27, 2002 |
Lights
and Gates to be installed at 5 Norfolk Southern Crossings in Preble County |
| October 24, 2002 |
Warning
System to be installed at Crestview Road & SR-517 in Columbiana County |
| October 24, 2002 |
Railroad
Crossing Improvements in Columbiana County |
| October 24, 2002 |
Rail
Crossing Improvements in Stark County |
| September 12, 2002 |
ORDC
Provides Grant to Norfolk Southern for Art Iron, Inc. of Toledo |
| September 12, 2002 |
ORDC
Provides Grant to N&T Railway for Republic Engineered Products Track
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| September 12, 2002 |
ORDC
Provides Grant to Lorain Port Authority |
| September 12, 2002 |
ORDC
Provides Grants for Three Rail Projects |
| July 11, 2002 |
ORDC
Approves grant to COTA for Passenger Platform Infrastructure
Improvements |
| June 12, 2002 |
Proposed
Grade Crossing Improvement at German Church Rd |
| June 12, 2002 |
Proposed
Grade Crossing Improvements in Stark County |
| June 6, 2002 |
Railroad
Crossing Improvements in Delaware County |
| May 2, 2002 |
Proposed
Grade Crossing Improvements Announced |
| May
1, 2002 |
SR
148 near Alledonia Grade Crossing to get Lights and Gates |
| January 9, 2002 |
High-Speed
Ohio & Great Lakes Regional Rail Network Moves Up the Track |
| January 7, 2002 |
Rail
crossing Improvements in Harrison County |
| September 13, 2001 |
(ORDC)
today approved $994,556 in grants and loans for three rail projects. |
| September 13, 2001 |
Cloverleaf
Cold Storage to construct a 1,300-foot rail spur |
| September 13, 2001 |
ORDC
awards the R.J. Corman Railroad Company a $496,056 grant to rebuild the
bridge over Chippewa Creek |
| September 13, 2001 |
ORDC
approved a grant of $85,250 and a loan of the same amount to the City of
Jackson |
| August 21, 2001 |
23
Railroad Crossing Improvements designated for the CSX Corridor from
Brookpark through Greenwich to the Indiana State Line.
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| March 19, 2001 |
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