From Lisa Broadt, Treasure Coast Newspapers:
Indian River County Explores New Strategy to Fight Virgin Trains
IRC County Commissioners voted unanimously this week to hire a Vero Beach law firm to research train crossings and to go to court in a new legal action against Virgin Trains, formerly Brightline.
At question is whether Indian River County — which for decades has maintained the crossings on the historic Florida East Coast Railway tracks — should pay for crossing changes needed for Virgin Trains to run 32 higher-speed passenger trains along the corridor daily. Maintenance costs vary, but since 2011, it has cost Indian River County about $235,000 a year, according to the railroad.
Indian River County has long insisted it should not be responsible for those costs, because its agreement was with Florida East Coast Railway, not Virgin Trains.
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