The approval of a $1.5 million Consolidated Rail Infrastructure and Safety Improvements (CRISI) grant from the U.S. Dept. of Transportation and Federal Railroad Administration to help construct a new rail crossing on Highway 18 in Brandon, Mississippi is important to the SRC because it will make the passenger rail line between Meridian Dallas/Fort Worth safer and speedier. The Southern Rail Commission supports this project along with many other parishes and entities who have signed resolutions in support for starting passenger rail along service the I-20 Corridor.