Competing agendas collide as Eagle County, lawmakers weigh in on massive railroad merger

Competing agendas collide as Eagle County, lawmakers weigh in on massive railroad merger

Efforts to revive a 1990s-era rails to trails plan have run headlong into the reality of competing modern interests when it comes to the future of the dormant Union Pacific Tennessee Pass rail line that runs along the Eagle River right through the heart of Eagle County. Trail advocates and other stakeholders have been pushing to codify their agenda in a letter from the Eagle County board of commissioners to the U.S. Surface Transportation Board …