Comment EI-10549
Received or sent (printed as 9/6/2008)
NOT IN MY BACKTARD: I was fascinated by the amount of people that turned out to protest the possible purchase of EJ&E Railroad by Canadian National Railway. I find it difficult to understand why anyone would be against any measure that will reduce overall traffic congestion on the roadways, while at the same time moving freight more rapidly around Chicago. In addition this measure will keep that freight out of trucks and those vehicles off the highway as well. There are many communities that have rail lines with freight trains passing through sometimes making emergency response difficult. These communities have reciprocal agreements with neighbor communities that assist until the jurisdiction can arrive safely. This happens in cities and towns all over the country every day. The other question I have is this. Where were all these protestors when Chicago Mayor Daley decided to really destroy the community of Bensenville by tearing down houses and disturbing the graves of hundreds of people in a church cemetery? This was deemed necessary to expand Ohare Airport at a time when airlines are shutting down and flights are being reduced. This obviously did not affect them directly so it was not important. Get over this not in my backyard mentality and allow a very real reduction in overall traffic congestion to proceed.
Submitted by: Bob Walton · Buffalo Grove, Illinois
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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