Official: Alternate Route Must Be Good for CSX

Click title for story link. By Tom PalmerTHE LEDGER Published: Wednesday, December 10, 2008 at 11:20 p.m. Last Modified: Wednesday, December 10, 2008 at 11:20 p.m. LAKELAND Any plan that diverts freight trains from downtown Lakeland won't work unless it makes business sense for CSX, a state transportation official said Wednesday. The meeting Wednesday at The Lakeland Center was to unveil five possible alternative freight rail routes through Polk County as part of a state-funded study to look at the feasibility of a new route.