Mast: ‘Florida East Coast Railway has been a bad neighbor to the community’

Florida East Coast Railway has filed a lawsuit against the city of Fort Pierce for overstepping authority on railroad operations and U.S. Rep. Brian Mast, R-Fla., had a message for the company on Tuesday.

Mast took to X to express his concerns for the company and how it has been treating the city.

“Florida East Coast Railway has been a bad neighbor to the community. They have left behind piles of trash, old tires, broken railroad ties, all along their tracks,” Mast said in a video posted to his page. “They’re flat out refusing to clean up their mess. They leave parts of this mess lying there for years and now instead of taking responsibility, they’re actually suing the city of Fort Pierce in federal court.”…

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