Railroad crossing arms malfunction cause traffic near E Court St, Cortland NY
TrafficAt the railroad crossing near East Court St in Cortland, the crossing arms are malfunctioning. This causes traffic to back up and some vehicles are attempting to cross the tracks despite the hazard. Police are on scene directing traffic while railroad crews work to fix the switching problem. The issue is expected to take an extended time to resolve.
Audio|Source: Cortland County Public Safety
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Transcript:
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If you could get a hold of the railroad company, I'm talking people I'm saying, they said that the blockers went down for about an hour now.
00:08
Okay.
00:12
Is it also up to East Court too? Is that possible a hay wagon issue too?
00:19
Roland, if there's just one hay wagon, it's moving along, fine.
00:24
Grayish.
00:31
Fifty seven of course.
00:35
That's some right.
00:42
There's two hay wagons and the one that is currently stopped at Pendleton and East Core is because of the railroad tracks.
00:52
Copy.
00:57
City patrols for the railroad.
01:00
They have a switching problem. They had someone in route to address that. You'll advise this is going to be an extended time.
01:09
Cortland, I'm going to be front of that East Corn Penalton. We've got vehicles trying to cross the tracks now.
01:18
Copy. Vehicles crossing the tracks.
01:27
I'll be out directing traffic.
01:33
Copy. You need a second unit over there to assess with the traffic.
01:38
Negative. I should be off.
01:42
Copy.
01:47
7.5 scurl and I'll be clear.
01:50
All right.
01:55
Copy. DMAX control to 178 and 185.
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E Court St, Cortland, NY 13045
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