SCHUMER DELIVERS A WHOPPING $107+ MILLION IN FEDERAL FUNDING TO BUILD NEW OVERPASS AT WESTCHESTER COUNTY’S NOTORIOUSLY DANGEROUS ROARING BROOKE ROAD AND ELIMINATE POTENTIAL FOR[...]

Major Fed $$ Will Help Eliminate Potential For Accidents At Crossing, That Sees More Than 7,400 Vehicles And 100+ Train Crossings Per Day, By Building New Overpass

Following Horrific 2015 Valhalla Crash That Killed Six People, Schumer Vowed To Boost Rail Crossing Safety In The Hudson Valley; Schumer Says Funds - From "Rail Crossing Elimination Grant Program" Created By The Bipartisan Infrastructure & Jobs Law He Championed - Will Put Safety On The Right Track For Countless Drivers And Metro-North Passengers Annually

Schumer: New Castle And Chappaqua Are On Track For Major Rail Crossing Safety Improvements!

U.S. Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer today announced a whopping $107,712,000 in federal funding to support the grade separation of Roaring Brook Road along the Metro-North Railroad's Harlem Line in New Castle, adjacent to Chappaqua, eliminating the potential for accidents at a notoriously dangerous crossing. The funding comes from the Rail Crossing Elimination Grant Program created by Schumer's Bipartisan Infrastructure & Jobs Law.

"A whopping $107 million in federal funding is on track to make major safety improvements in Westchester County in New Castle and Chappaqua! I'm proud to deliver this award from my Bipartisan Infrastructure & Jobs Law to finally move forward the safety upgrades needed for the notorious Roaring Brook Road crossing in New Castle. The new overpass will eliminate the potential for accidents and ensure people and passengers can travel safely around the crossing," said Senator Schumer. "Four years ago, I stood in Garrison alongside local leaders, first responders, railroad officials, and families who were affected by these tragic rail crossing collisions and promised to deliver federal investment in making rail crossings across the Hudson Valley safer. I fought to deliver $3 million last year to create preliminary designs, to lay the groundwork for this new major federal investment, and ensure the safety of our Hudson Valley Metro-North commuters, rail workers, pedestrians, and drivers. This is a major step forward toward putting into place effective measures that will reduce life-threatening collisions in high-risk areas."

Schumer previously delivered $3 million in federal funding for the preliminary engineering and design for New Castle's Roaring Brook Grade Crossing Elimination Project. Schumer earlier this year called on U.S. Secretary of Transportation Sean Duffy to support the New York State Department of Transportation's application for this federal funding. The project will eliminate the potential for accidents at a crossing that experiences over 7,400 vehicular crossings and 107 passenger trains per day. The new overpass will facilitate the movement of people and goods to local residential, commercial, and academic centers in a safe and efficient manner, improving the safety and mobility of people and goods, enhancing rail safety, improving the health and safety of communities, and eliminating a highway-rail grade crossing.

Schumer has long fought to make the Hudson Valley rail crossings safer, particularly following the horrific Valhalla train crash in 2015 that killed six people. In 2022, Schumer stood at one of Metro-North's area crossings to highlight the need for federal investment in making high-risk intersections like the Roaring Brook Road crossing safer.

The U.S. Department of Transportation's Rail Crossing Elimination Grant Program funds highway-rail or pathway-rail grade crossing improvement projects that focus on improving the safety and mobility of people and goods. The program was created by the Bipartisan Infrastructure & Jobs Law that Schumer led to passage in the Senate.

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