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Ellicott City Downtown

Monday, September 10, 2012

Main Street: Parking Meters, Repaving and Derailment Repairs

Installation of parking meters on hold as CSX continues restoration after a fatal train derailment in Ellicott City.

All but three parking spots are open to the public in the parking lot where a CSX train dumped tons of coal during a train derailment in Ellicott City late last month, according county officials. There is still a lot of work to be done to repair the damage left by the 21 cars of a freight train carrying coal that derailed just over Main Street, killing 19-year-olds Rose Mayr and Elizabeth Nass and shutting down a main artery into the Historic District. Read full coverage of the Ellicott City train derailment. The road was re-opened four days later, but work still remains to be done, according to Public Works Director of Special Projects Steve Lafferty.  "Howard County Government is continuing to coordinate with CSX and other government …

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