(Le Mars) — Its been a long wait, but the city of Le Mars is finally having some railroad crossings being repaired and replaced. Union Pacific railroad officials were in Le Mars on Thursday making repairs to the Central Avenue crossing. City Administrator Scott Langel says it was by coincidence that those repairs corresponded to other planned railroad crossing replacements.
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City officials recently met with Union Pacific rail officials to discuss other crossings that needed to be replaced. The question, according to Langel, was which entity would pay for the repairs?
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The Le Mars city official says motorists will appreciate the rail crossings once work is completed.
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