Re: G. Morse & a Train 'Problem?'
The train issue was not passed in the Florida legislature before it ended the session. It is currently a dead issue until it is brought back to life sometime in the future. There was extensive coverage of the matter in media outside of the Villages. The trial lawyers association was a big mover in the lack of support the measure had.
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The Florida Senate did not approve a bill for the state to assume liability for crashes on a future commuter rail line in the Orlando area, but the commuter rail and the resulting routing of additional freight train traffic through Ocala are not dead.
The FDOT plans to bring the bill back in the next legislative session. The plan had CSX trains using the commuter rail system when passenger trains were not running, and that led to a sticking point during the session, because the bill would have had the state assuming liability for crashes involving freight traffic as well.
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