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“It’s about time," Fernandina Beach City Commissioner Tim Poynter said as Officer Tina Smith drove a city cruiser over the railroad tracks at the intersection of Alachua and Front streets. The crossing has been closed to vehicular traffic for decades, and was opened in time for the 60th Shrimp Festival. Photo by Julia Roberts/News-Leader
A long awaited, and often postponed, project came to fruition just in time for the 60th Isle of Eight Flags Shrimp Festival when the railroad crossing at Alachua and Front streets opened Wednesday to …