'A relief for everyone' | Work begins to fix malfunctioning gates at major Newtown railroad crossing

'A relief for everyone' | Work begins to fix malfunctioning gates at major Newtown railroad crossing

Off and on for years, drivers traveling down Church Street have run into confusion, frustration and traffic congestion. The reason has always been the same: faulty railroad crossing gates."It's probably been going on for at least five years," said McCasland, who lives feet away from the crossing.McCasland told us the gates would drop and stay down even if a train wasn't passing through. When the malfunction happened during rush hour, cars would …