HomeMy WebLinkAboutRailroad Tracks Used for Trail-1995 Seminole Extra
CSX wants to sell
By Will Wellons line. CSX records show that the businesses have
received about 100 carloads of supplies a year.
OF THE ssaaasc STS "There is just not enough traffic to Warrant keep-
ing it open,"CSX spokesman Robert Gould said.
OVIEDO — The railroad track that used to be If approved,CSX will pull up the track and sell
the industrial lifeline of Oviedo could become a the right of way,Gould said.
recreational trail. The state wants to purchase the land. Winter
CSX plans to give up ownership of 15.75 miles Springs and Oviedo also have interest in the land.
of track that stretches from Goldenrod through The State Department of Transpprtation has
Oviedo to Winter Springs sometime this summer, expressed interest in buying the entire stretch.
perhaps as early as June 1. Some of the land could be used to widen roads
CSX wants to rip up the track because it and some could be used for recreational trails,
doesn't carry enough busi- such as jogging and bicycle
ness. The line's largest cus- paths, DOT spokesman
tomer, the Wheeler fertiliz- Steve Homan said.
er plant and citrus packing The state wants to pur- Winter Springs and
house,closed last year. chase the land. Winter Oviedo are looking into nos-
One section of track runs sible "rails to trails" paths
from near Forsyth Road in Springs and Oviedo also through their cities.
Orange County up State have interest in the land. Oviedo City Manager
Road 426 through the cen- Gene Williford said the city
ter of Oviedo,where it con- tracks could provide a rec-
nects with a section that reational trail running from
runs into Winter Springs. the northwest corner,
The northern track would be abandoned near the through downtown, behind City Hall and out to
Winter Springs city limits along State Road 419. the southern part of the city.
In a report to the Interstate Commerce Corn- However,this path would not be a financial pri-
mission,CSX attorney Charles Rosenberger cited ority for the city, he said. Oviedo!would need
the "deplorable physical condition of the line.' help from other agencies.
The federal agency.has to approve the abandon- "We don't have money to do something like
ment. Some segments of the line have not been that,"Williford said.
repaired in 28 years and repairs would cost Winter Springs staffers also would welcome a
$861,385,according to a CSX report trail that could run just south of Lake Jesup,be-
Three companies — Accord Industries, 84 hind the new Winter Springs High School and
Lumber and Rinker Materials — still use the through northern Tuscawilla.
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