Norfolk Southern has offered us the Roanoke Shops while they keep the yard in exchange for being able to ship their trains over our rails. We have agreed. Now traffic on our rail lines is heavier, so we have started funding a project.
The Piedmont Corridor.
This Corridor will be a double track main-line running from Sanford, NC to North Wilkesboro, NC, and Roanoke, VA. There are sections of single track that will become double tracked. The estimated cost is about $500 million. We have started a little funding, but have not enough funds yet.
The main-line that will be constructed is marked in black.
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This will help with the freight traffic problem. CSX and NS run through freights over our rails, and we need more space.