Comment EI-18076
Received or sent (printed as 3/28/2010)
Draft EIS - Alaska Railroad - Port MacKenzie Rail Extension: As a property owner in Willow, AK, the major impacts for me are from 1)train/rail noise, both from initial construction and ongoing future operations and 2)Parks and Recreational/Trails resources. Noise of course will increase for all build alternatives, but the swamps in the Willow route will carry and echo train sound more than other wooded routes to Houston or Big Lake would. Per the DEIS noise would have severe" impacts. More parks and recreational trails will be impacted in the Willow area than in other areas, per the DEIS. I am a frequent winter user of the parks and trails in the Willow area and do not want to see them bisected and disrupted by a rail line. My preference is to see the Mac East, Conn 3, Houston, Houston South or Houston North alternatives. This route would have the least impact on recreational park and trail users and would not impact or create crossings over the Parks highway or Big Lake Road or Willow Creek."
Submitted by: Howard Hancock
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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