By Richard Rudolph and Jack Sutton, Special to the Press Herald; March 5, 2020
Late last week we learned of an effort to repeal a section of the 2003 State Railroad Preservation and Assistance Act that provides that state-owned track may not be dismantled or changed until the Department of Transportation, in consultation with other agencies, determines that it “will not have a negative impact on a region or on future economic opportunities for that region.”