Comment EI-23518
Received or sent (printed as 6/7/2016)
Attn: Docket # FD 35952 Mr. Navecky Surface Transportation Board Docket No. FD 35952 395 E Street SW Washington, DC 20423-0001 June 7, 2016 Dear Mr. Naveky: I am writing to express my concerns about the high-speed freight rail project proposed by Great Lakes Basin Transportation, Inc. I live in the Village of Clinton, Rock County, Wisconsin. My concerns have to do with the economic and environmental cost/benefit trade-offs for the taxpayers. Because the project relies on public funding, the benefits of the project should accrue to the public and offset the costs and risks; therefore, I am asking for a public accounting of what would be transported; who would profit, by how much and in what ways? Additionally, who would face financial loss if this plan goes through? I also ask that this accounting be compared with other options, including: maintaining the status quo, upgrading current rail lines and the CREATE proposal currently under consideration in Chicago. Similarly, I request an accounting of the various costs to citizens and the environment, including the cost to tax payers of the process of eminent domain; the loss of income and environmental degradation of farmland, watersheds and habitat; economic costs to towns and villages resulting from changes to roads; and both risk and cost analysis of potential derailments for increased numbers of high-speed trains carrying hazardous cargo. I ask that this analysis be short-term, long-term and cumulative. In other words, I am requesting that you demonstrate whether or not this proposal is “inconsistent with the public convenience and necessity,” as is your charge under 49 U.S. Code, Section 10901. Respectfully, Carol Wickerham
Submitted by: Carol Wickersham · Clinton, WI
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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