Times-Union, Albany, NY 6/10/21
Recent death along Amtrak line renews call for safe Hudson River access
Fencing plans, pedestrian crossings on Empire Corridor line at a standstill
A man died after being hit by an Amtrak train May 27 in an area of Columbia County where the rail company has been trying to erect fences and gates to keep people off the tracks.
Amtrak’s plans to fence off four-and-a-half miles of its Empire Corridor rail line at 22 sites between Poughkeepsie and Rensselaer to improve safety has attracted heavy opposition because the fencing would also block access to the Hudson River.
Advocates for river access told Times Union: Hudson Valley they believed the fencing would not have prevented the death, and that Amtrak’s plans made its tracks less safe.
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