The following is reposted with permission from the Save Straub Facebook page:
"Wade Road and Straub Road Railroad Crossings are to be closed permanently. County has hired an Engineering firm to advise if Greens Prairie can be opened for a RR crossing. The Siding (a rail car "temporary" parking lot or second track) is slated for where Straub/Wade crossing currently exist, but again those crossings will be closed. A resident of Saddle Creek was at the Tuesday Commissioner's Court meeting but the County would not answer any of his questions since the County Attorney was not present during the preceedings. All southbound traffic out of Saddle Creek heading towards Houston will go through Duck Haven according to Union Pacific and County.
Question to Saddle Creek and surrounding affected areas. What's your pulse on all of this? Am I in the minority in being furious with UP and our elected officials? Comments? We can seek legal remedies and PR strategies that could influence the final decisions, but really need the pulse of the community first before we do anything."
"Wade Road and Straub Road Railroad Crossings are to be closed permanently. County has hired an Engineering firm to advise if Greens Prairie can be opened for a RR crossing. The Siding (a rail car "temporary" parking lot or second track) is slated for where Straub/Wade crossing currently exist, but again those crossings will be closed. A resident of Saddle Creek was at the Tuesday Commissioner's Court meeting but the County would not answer any of his questions since the County Attorney was not present during the preceedings. All southbound traffic out of Saddle Creek heading towards Houston will go through Duck Haven according to Union Pacific and County.
Question to Saddle Creek and surrounding affected areas. What's your pulse on all of this? Am I in the minority in being furious with UP and our elected officials? Comments? We can seek legal remedies and PR strategies that could influence the final decisions, but really need the pulse of the community first before we do anything."