By BECKY KISER
Hays Post

Union Pacific railroad crews began replacing worn and damaged railroad ties in Hays last Friday, working between Ash Street and Yocemento, just east of Hays.

A separate crew will begin more work today.

“They’re going to start at Commerce Parkway, do four separate railroad crossings and totally rebuild them,” according to Public Works Director Greg Sund. “In one case, they’ll even replace the rails.”

Sund gave an update of the project to Hays city commissioners during their meeting Thursday night. The other three crossings scheduled for improvements beginning Friday, Dec. 9, are Main Street, Elm Street and Ash Street.

The work will take two to three days per railroad crossing.

“We have to cut out some concrete and asphalt at each one of the crossings and then replace it. Those four will take a little more time than just pushing in new ties in,” Sund said, which has been the scope of work the past week.

Train traffic and signals will operate from the time repair crews end work each day until they start on the next.