Comment EI-7119
Received or sent (printed as 4/13/2008)
In referance to DOCKET NO.35087 Dear Madam: As a very concerned homeowner I am asking your help in stopping the proposed sale of EJ&E RR to Canadian National RR. The following are just a short list of the problems this will cause for our community because train traffic will increase from 4.4 trains per day to 24.4 per day: 1. Interference with emergency services such as fire, ambulance, police etc. The delays we will experience because of this proposed increase in Rail traffic WILL at some point be DEADLY because it just took too long to respond. 2. Increase risk of accidents due to crossing of traffic at small RR crossings with limited visibility. 3. Noise, air and huge potential for ground pollution. Many of the homes in this area literally have these tracks in their back yards and ALL of the homes in this area are on well’s which could be destroyed by one spill of hazardous waste. 4. Interference with commuter trains all along this route 5. Potential impact on Pratt’s Wayne Woods Forest Preserve This is just a short list that comes nowhere near identifying all the problems this will cause. Please do your part and tell us what we can do further to stop this from happening!! Thank you for taking the time to read this and please help!!! Sincerely, Debbie Cottone
Submitted by: Debbie A. Cottone · Wayne, 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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