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Train control towers set to go up along rail lines
Thousands going up nationwide, 11 in Hall; structures stand 60 feet high
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This positive train control tower is located in Greene County, Ohio. It is representative of the towers that will be installed in Hall County.
Carly Sharec
Updated: Dec 27, 2014, 1:20 AM
Published: Dec 27, 2014, 1:29 AM
The new year likely will see a series of train towers going up not only in Hall County, but across the state and nation. The positive train control towers are a federal mandate via the Rail Safety Improvement Act of 2008. The 11 towers going up in Hall County are among a total of 430 needed in Georgia, and thousands across the country.
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Sen. Warnock: Trump administration closing Social Security office in Gainesville
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The Social Security Administration is in the former Rubicon office building on Thompson Bridge Road near the bridge on Lake Lanier. - photo by Scott Rogers
Jeff Gill
The Times
Published: Mar 1, 2025, 2:52 AM
The Social Security Administration office in Gainesville is one of five statewide being closed permanently by the Donald Trump administration, U.S. Sen. Raphael Warnock, D-Georgia, said in a press release Friday, Feb. 28.
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