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Three judges from the first circuit court of appeals have ruled in favor of the Grafton & Upton Railroad’s plan to build and operate a liquefied propane gas (LPG) transloading facility in its North Grafton rail yard.
The decision, which was handed down Friday, according to court documents provided by the rail company, comes a little over a year since the Town of Grafton appealed the federal Surface Transportation Board’s decision in favor of the railroad.
“I’m extremely happy with this decision, which affirms what the railroad has been saying all along, that the town would have been better off working with us than spending three years and hundreds of thousands of tax dollars fighting this matter legally,” Grafton & Upton owner Jon Delli Priscoli said in a statement. “We will now work to bring this much needed domestic energy to market to satisfy the growing demand.”
The town appealed the initial transportation board’s decision fearing that the propane facility could pose a safety threat to the surrounding North Grafton neighborhood and nearby North Grafton Elementary School.
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