National Gateway Clearance Project: JL Tunnel Southside Works Information Session
National Gateway Clearance Project:
J&L Tunnel Southside Works Information Session
Allegheny County Pittsburgh, PA
CSX Transportation (CSXT) has scheduled an Information Session to discuss the J&L Tunnel Raising which is part of the National Gateway clearance improvement. The J&L Tunnel is located beneath Tunnel Park (between South Water Street and Tunnel Boulevard) within the Southside Works Center in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
Date:
March 21, 2012
Time:
6 p.m. to 8 p.m.
Location:
SpringHill Suites Meeting Room
Pittsburgh Southside Works
2950 South Water St.
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15203
About the Project
The J&L Tunnel was constructed in the 1880s as part of the Pittsburgh & Lake Erie Railroad line. The tunnel allowed railroad operations beneath the former J&L Steel Company’s Pittsburgh Works Southside facility. Currently the area over the tunnel is used as green space within the Urban Redevelopment Authority’s Southside Works. The tunnel is still used as part of CSXT’s existing rail infrastructure.
The tunnel roof will be raised in three sections in order to accommodate double-stack intermodal container carriers. Two abandoned bridges at the ends of the tunnel will be removed. This work is part of the National Gateway project, which will allow for the use of more efficient and environmentally beneficial double-stack trains. The National Gateway received National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) approval November 2010. The initiative, involving bridge replacements, tunnel work and track lowerings along CSXT’s railroad between the east coast and northwest Ohio, is to obtain necessary vertical clearance required to allow more efficient and environmentally beneficial double-stack trains to pass.
Why Attend the Information Session?
By attending the Information Session, you will be able to learn more about the project, including road closures and construction work intervals, and discuss the project with the study team. Attendees may arrive at any point during the meeting time as small discussion groups will continue throughout the session. We encourage participation and welcome questions on the project.
CSX is committed to ensuring that no person is excluded from participation in, or denied the benefits of, its projects, programs and services on the basis of race, color, national origin or gender, as provided by Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 or on the basis of disability as provided by the Americans with Disabilities Act. If you need special accommodations or language assistance services (translation or interpretation), please email [email protected]. These services will be provided free of charge.
Snow Policy
The public meetings will be rescheduled if the county in which the meetings are located has a "Snow Emergency Plan" in effect on the day of the meetings, or if the county's public schools have been closed and evening activities canceled.
Visit www.JLTunnel.com to learn more about National Gateway projects.