Comment EI-14233
Received or sent (printed as 9/30/2008)
Please STOP the horror train, please do not allow CN to turn the EJ&E into a freight superhighway! Nearly one year ago, CN applied to the Surface Transportation Board to buy the EJ&E for the pure goalof increasing its profits at the expense of our region. While we believe firmly that business interests are important, one company's interests cannot and should not trump the interests and concerns of Main Street Americans. If this CN deal is approved, the entire region will see a huge increase of freight traffic as we become a high-speed bypass route for Intermodal traffic originating in Asia, shipped into Canada, and sent to Memphis and points beyond. There is nothing in this deal that benefits the greater Chicagoland region, which is why none of CN's promises have been put in writing. Talk is cheap, but real solutions to the region's problems with this deal are not. The traffic delays will transform themselves into billions of dollars in losses for the region, the safety of the people will be affected, the air polution will increase and the whole environment will be perturbated. Please make a study on the economic losses to be incurred in the area due to the traffic delays - they wil by far increase the value of the transaction. Thank you very much for your consideration, Sincerely, Dorel Nasui Resident
Submitted by: Dorel Nasui · Barrington, 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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