Comment EI-16349
Received or sent (printed as 2/1/2009)
Re: STB Finance Docket No. 34658: Concerning the Alaska Railroad Corporation's Proposed Northern Rail Extension, representing a family living in Salcha, Alaska, I wish to submit that the Salcha Alernative 2 is detrimental to the life of the Salcha community since it impacts so many people and residences. Losing Salcha School for even a short time would be a major inconvenience involving busing children to Eielson or North Pole. The school would lose a major section of its grounds without the room to rebuild. The Salcha Ski Trails would be decimated. They were built and maintained with volunteer labor and serve both the local and borough residents and more for ski races. Please do not go ahead with Salcha 2. Residents are concerned about flooding whichever plan is chosen; we hope that the STB/Alaska Railroad will do the best they can to remedy this problem if or when they construct the railroad in the Tanana River area.
Submitted by: Patricia Vroman · North Pole, Alaska
The Board publishes this comment in its environmental-comment table for this proceeding. It is quoted here as printed; nothing is inferred from it, and it states the commenter's own position in their own words, not this record's.
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