INDEPENDENCE — County commissioners will mull over a proposal to close one of two county roads four miles north of Cherryvale to make room for the relocation of the South Kansas and Oklahoma Railroad switchyard, now located in the middle of the Cherryvale.
Pat Cedeno, vice president of sales and marketing for Watco Companies, the Pittsburg-based parent company of the SKO Railroad, told commissioners about plans to move the railroad’s switching area to a site more conducive to rail switching. Having the switchyard in the middle of Cherryvale not only snarls traffic for motorists and the trains but also puts pedestrians at jeopardy.

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