Though no particular route has been identified yet, building a new rail line would require acquisition of private property, whether it's the Braddock family's or someone else's. See the North Florida Transportation Planning Organizaton study (opens on ) In July, the City Council approved paying for half the study's $200,000 cost. "It would absolutely ruin this country from the standpoint of any use other than warehouses and things like that, and for the life of me, I can't even understand why they even thought about coming through here."īraddock's ire is focused on an upcoming North Florida Transportation Planning Organization study of a potential rail route running through a swath of land in the general area of Jacksonville International Airport. "I've never been so disappointed in my life than to learn they were considering putting a rail line through this territory out here, and our family will do everything we can to oppose it," he said.
To Braddock, the prospect of a railroad track for freight trains being built through this part of Jacksonville is toxic. He doesn't ride around as much on horseback, opting instead for an electric-powered golf cart to make the rounds.Īfter storms moved through Jacksonville last week and left behind clear skies, he enjoyed the way the smell of the air seemed cleansed by the rain. A midwife crossed a swamp and delivered Tom Braddock when he was born 81 years ago on his family's Northside timber farm.īraddock grew up on that farm and still visits it daily, keeping tabs on the tree stands, hay pastures and cattle herds.
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