Comment EI-11591
Received or sent (printed as 9/13/2008)
Comments on the DEIS: 1) You failed to address taxpayer costs in mitigation. 2) No investigation of CN's claims for benefits to existing line communities. 3) Where are the benefits to region documented? Again, you only accepted CN's claims on face value. 4) Very little, if any, backup to your models and claims of capacity and blockage on the line. This is KEY. This line does not have the capacity if the commuter lines, existing freight traffic on this line and crossing railroads, and vehicular traffic are TRUTHFULLY factored in. 5) The DEIS ignores tax base impact due to falling property values and loss of business revenues due to increased congestion. People will AVOID the area at all costs. Severe business impact was totally ignored. The only ones who benefit from this acquisition are truthfully the CN and its shareholders. Do the right thing--block this deal. Don't be pushed around by a foreign company with no benefit to US taxpayers.
Submitted by: Michael Lancelot · Deer Park, IL
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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