Comment EI-19005
Received or sent (printed as 11/7/2012)
I am responding to a proposed acquisition of an operating easement known as the Elsdon Subdivision by CSX Transportation, Inc. Mr. Tom Livingston of CSX has met with the Hospital and provided a Draft Environmental Assessment" of the proposal. A number of directed and voluntary mitigation actions are noted that will reduce the impact of some of the Hospital and community concerns. The main concern is that the proposed action will cause a dramatic increase in train traffic in the vicinity of 95th and Kedzie Avenue, Evergreen Park, Illinois. This will adversely impact physicians, patients, staff and emergency responders traveling to Little Company of Mary Hospital.The primary access to the Hospital from the east and west is 95th Street. The Hospital is bracketed by two railroad intersections: 95th Street and Kedzie Avenue (vicinity) and 95th Street and Rockwell Avenue. Any increase in train traffic and resultant vehicle delay will adversely affect the ability of emergency responders to reach the Hospital and physicians and staff to treat conditions requiring timely treatment, e.g. stroke and heart attack. Thank you for allowing me to respond to the CSX proposal. Dennis Day Government Relations Advisor Little Company of Mary Hospital"
Submitted by: Denis M Day · Little Company of Mary Hospital
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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