VOORHEESVILLE — Norfolk Southern may have won the battle, but the village of Voorheesville is not backing down from its dispute with one of the nation’s largest railroad companies.
After losing a monthslong legal battle against the railroad in federal court, Mayor Richard Straut wrote Gov. Kathy Hochul last month, saying he believes the railroad violated the terms of a $5 million state grant given to Norfolk Southern several years ago.
“The safety and service reliability enhancements that have been made to Norfolk Southern’s track in the Voorheesville corridor have been a matter of significant concern to the village,” Mayor Richard Straut wrote Hochul in a Jan. 9 letter. “Among the village’s concerns was that the level junction and reactivated Norfolk Southern line would exacerbate longstanding quality-of-life and public safety concerns associated with existing train traffic.”…