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U.S. Transportation Secretary In La Crosse
Coulee Region residents get a chance to ask an Obama cabinet member for help
in making transportation safer…
U-S Transportation Secretary Anthony Foxx had a couple of meetings with local citizens on Wednesday. Much of the discussion was about the safety of rail cars that carry oil, and the condition of the rails and bridges those cars travel on. Foxx says his agency has to follow through with assurances that problems will be fixed:
The secretary was shown photos of crumbling railroad bridges in the La Crosse area, and said that it was hard to believe the pictures were taken in America.