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(erielack) Freedom Secondary news

Saw this in my hometown paper this morning, the Record-Courier, and thought a few others might be interested in it. The Freedom Secondary is the Erie main through Portage County Ohio through Ravenna and Kent. Rail content is toward the end of the article.

http://www.recordpub.com/news/article/5159708?utm_source=daily_headlines&utm_medium=email&utm_content=headline_link&utm_campaign=daily_headline 

"That value would be offset if Ravenna would forgive the $175,000 debt
 the county owes on the Freedom Secondary Railroad. The county took on 
the debt when it acquired the seven miles of track about eight years ago
 from Portage Private Industry Council.
 The county contracts with
 the Akron Barberton Cluster Railway to operate the line, which serves 
Smurfit Stone in Ravenna, bringing in four rail cars twice a week. The 
loan is to be paid out of profits from operating the line but, because 
it is used so little, little has been paid over the years. 
“That’s
 on track to being paid back next day to never,” Marsilio said. 
Officials
 agreed the line should be kept as an economic development asset that 
may grow in future. Smeiles suggested the county may look to 
transferring the railway’s ownership to an economic development body in 
the county. The section of the line in Summit County is owned by the 
Summit County Port Authority, he noted."

 		 	   		  

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