Article: United States: MENENDEZ AND LAUTENBERG ANNOUNCE NEARLY $1 MILLION FOR SALEM COUNTY SHORT LINE RAHABILITATION.

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Salem, NJ - Joined by Salem County Freeholders, local officials, executives and labor leaders from the Anchor Glass Container Corporation and other members of the local business community, U.S. Senators Robert Menendez and Frank R. Lautenberg announced $950,000 to repair the county owned rail line. Sen. Menendez and Sen. Lautenberg secured the funds in the FY2009 omnibus appropriations bill signed by the President in March.

The Salem County short line is an 18 mile stretch of track that runs from Swedesboro, Gloucester County to the Salem Port. The track is used to run raw materials to manufacturing plants such as Mannington Mills and ...

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