The Pennsylvania Department of Transportation (PENNDOT) has awarded Ben Weitsman & Sons of New Castle, Pennsylvania, a grant of nearly $205,000 for the removal of an existing rail spur and installation of new rail, ties, and ballast to accommodate operations at its new scrap metal facility.
The rail project for Ben Weitsman, a part of Upstate Shredding, headquartered in Owego, New York, was one of 86 projects in 35 Pennsylvania counties to be awarded grant money under the state’s Multimodal Transportation Fund, which came from Pennsylvania’s Act 89, the state’s transportation plan. The Act increased transit funding and established dedicated multimodal funding for aviation, passenger rail, freight rail, port and bicycle-pedestrian projects.
The projects require a 30 percent match from local sources. The program is open to municipalities, counties, school districts, councils of government, businesses, non-profits, economic development organizations, public transportation agencies, transportation management associations, ports and rail/freight entities.
The New Castle location will be the site of an auto shredder that Upstate Shredding is planning to build in Western Pennsylvania.
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