All Aboard Florida: Call for safer railroad crossings could cost Brightline $300 million

By Kenya Woodard, Capital Correspondent, Palm Beach Post; January 23, 2018

Two Treasure Coast lawmakers on Tuesday called for new safety requirements for railway systems that could cost Brightline, the state’s newest high-speed passenger train operator, millions of dollars.

Sen. Debbie Mayfield, R-Melbourne, and Rep. Erin Grall, R-Vero Beach, say the state needs to set safety measures and require high-speed passenger rail operator All Aboard Florida’s Brightline to pick up the tab on crossing maintenance and upgrade costs.

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