LIRR Could Get Until 2018 to Add Safety Systems in Senate Plan
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Freight railroads including Union Pacific Corp., the largest U.S. carrier by revenue, and commuter lines such as the Long Island Rail Road would get as many as three more years to install collision-prevention technology under a Senate proposal.
The amendment to a highway and transit-funding bill was written by Jay Rockefeller, the West Virginia Democrat who is chairman of the Senate commerce committee, and Senator Kay Bailey Hutchison of Texas, the panel’s top Republican, giving bipartisan support to railroads’ argument they need more time for what they estimate is a $12 billion project.