Comment EI-22876
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I AM CONCERNED ABOUT THE LOSS OF ONE OF KANKAKEE COUNTY ILLINOIS' MOST VALUABLE NATURAL RESOURCES, FARMLAND. FARMLAND IS A NON-RENEWABLE NATURAL RESOURCE THAT PLAYS AN INTERGRAL PART OF THE ECONOMY AND THE ENVIRONMENT OF KANKAKEE COUNTY, IL. THE PROPOSED RAILROAD WOULD CONSUME APPROXIMATELY 16000 ACRES OF THE COUNTY'S FARMLAND. IT WOULD CREATE NUMEROUS SEVERED AND LANDLOCKED FARM PARCELS, AND UNECONOMICAL REMNANTS. AS WELL, IT WOULD CAUSE ADVERSE TRAVEL FOR MANY FARMERS, ADDING TO THEIR OPERATING COSTS TO FARM REDUCED ACERAGE. THE PROPOSED RAILPORT IN KANKAKEE COUNTY WOULD CONSUME THE ENTIRE TOWNSHIP OF SUMNER. THIS WOULD DESTROY NEARLY 24 SQ MILES OF PRIME FARMLAND AS WELL AS MANY FARMSTEAD HOMES AND RURAL HOMES THAT ARE NOT PART OF FARM PARCELS. IT WOULD BASICALLY DESTROY THAT FARMING COMUNNITY AND CAUSE IT'S RESIDENTS TO BE RELOCATED. THE ECONOMIES AND THE ENVIRONMENTS OF KANKAKEE COUNTY WOULD BE IMPACTED VERY NEGATIVELY BU THE BUILDING OF THIS RAILROAD. THE PROJECT HAS NO PROVEN MERIT REGARDING THE GREATER GOOD AND SHOULD BE STOPPED BEFORE IT PERMANTLY AND UNREPAIRABLY ALTERS THIS COMUNNITY AND ITS ENVIRONMENT.
Submitted by: RANDALL D MAU · BONFIELD, 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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