Port Jervis Hires Professional Firm to Design Long-Sought Railroad Crossing

The Port Jervis City Council recently agreed to hire a professional engineering and architecture firm to design a public railroad pedestrian crossing to link downtown and Riverside Park. A long-sought project in the small river city, the crossing will allow pedestrians to travel safely from riverside recreation and parking to downtown businesses or vice versa, according to Valerie Maginsky, the city’s community development director, in an interview. Owned by Norfolk Southern Railway, the railroad tracks run through the heart of the city and are used by freight carriers and the Metropolitan Transportation Agency commuter trains. At an Aug. 12 meeting, council members voted unanimously to engage Holmdel, New Jersey-based Colliers Engineering and Design to deliver a crossing design for $37,200, plus incidental costs....