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I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I RAIL STUDY NEWSLETTER JULY 1981 MINI',~ESOTA - NORTH DAKOTA RAIL CORRIDOR STUDY, "ALTERNATIVE SOLUTIONS TO RAILrOaD T~,~S Ol.f ~O,,:.D~,I._z~S . The Management Board for the Study met in St. paul on May 24th to review the status of the demonstration projects. ?he status of A each project is shown in the attached table. As can be seen, there are several projects that will not be com- pleted until the end of September. Because of the delay in imple- menting these projects, the Management Board decided to defer completion of the projects' evaluation until December 1, 1981. A significant breakthrough was made relative to the railroad/emer- gency co_mmunication systems projects. Meetings held with the Bur- lington Northern and with representatives of Elk River, Moorhead, and Sauk Rapids led to the design of a feasible, yet less expen- sive, communication system. It now appears that the communities will fund the projects, which will entail very nominal cost. Thus, the means to implement a very promising low-cost solution to emer- gency service delays.has been found. The Management Board and 2he study sponsors (the U.S. Departments of Energy and Transportation) want to ensure the national dissemi- nation of the rail study results. To this end, the Board decided that the tape-slide show, prepared after completion of. Phase II of the study, will be updated after the demonstration projects have been Lr, plemented. In addition, a brochure which highlights study results will be prepared. Mn/DOT will take the lead in developing the slide show and the b~ochure, using funding provided by the U.S. Department of Energy.