Lansing, MI – The Michigan Senate has unanimously approved State Senator Dale Zorn’s legislation aimed at improving safety and traffic flow at rail crossings in the state.
Senate Bill 425 would create a new Local Grade Separation Grant Program to provide state matching funds for local governments and the rail industry to transform a local roadway crossing so that road traffic would travel either over or under the railroad. The program would also consider projects that improve traffic at the rail crossing without a full grade separation.
Michigan has over 4,000 rail crossings with public highways within the state, and in 2020, was ranked the 15th worst in the nation for the total number of collisions, injuries, and fatalities at highway-rail crossings.
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