As a part of KSHB 41’s Let’s Talk series, we’re bringing you the voices from Kansas City’s Northland in Liberty.
Plans are in place to construct a bridge at the Birmingham Road railway crossing in Liberty to avoid traffic congestion from an increase in trains, but it’s going to cost much more than the city can afford.
$10 million price tag derails Liberty’s plans to build bridge over train tracks
Everyday, dozens of trains take Canadian Pacific Kansas City’s (CPKC) most important railways connecting Chicago to the Kansas City metro. It’s one of the reasons why the company decided to merge two years ago, therefore increasing the daily number of trains going through Liberty over the next seven years.
“We’re beginning to feel the increase in trains now,” resident and city councilman Jeff Watt said. “We’re getting close to 40 [trains a day] when this is done.”
The locomotives go through one of Liberty’s most important thoroughfares, too…