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ADVISORY-COMMISSIONERS TO HOLD TULSA SESSION ON APPEAL REGARDING RAIL CROSSINGS
The
Oklahoma Corporation Commission will meet in Tulsa on Wednesday, September 4 to
hear a case involving the proposed closing of 7 rail crossings in west
Tulsa. The session will be held in the
auditorium of the Kerr Building (State Office Building), 440 South Houston, at
9:30 a.m.
The
Commissioners will hear an appeal from the Sand Springs Railway Company to the
denial by OCC Administrative Law Judge Charles Dudley of the company’s request
to close the crossings. In his finding,
Judge Dudley stated that while the condition of the crossings in question make
each a candidate for closure under existing rules, the Railway failed to show
closing the crossings would answer the safety concerns posed. Rather, Judge Dudley
found that such closures could increase the danger to the public by cutting the
number of available crossings, and increasing the traffic to the four that
would remain.
Judge
Dudley further found that closing the seven crossings would cause problems for
emergency vehicles needing to make a quick entrance and exit in the area.
The
7 crossings in question are located at 38th, 39th, 40th, 45th, 51st, 53rd and
61st west avenues in Tulsa.
The
Sand Springs Railway Company delivers materials to some 35 customers between
Tulsa and Sand Springs.
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