Columbia just got a windfall of federal dollars that should finally cover most, if not all, of the costs to reroute trains away from vehicle traffic around downtown.
The long-wished-for project will get $204 million from the Federal Railroad Administration, Congressman James Clyburn announced Friday while joined by members of Columbia City Council and South Carolina Department of Transportation Secretary Justin Powell.
Columbia officials have dreamed of separating the railroads from the roadways for more than a century. They’ve been raising money for the work since the early 1990s…