Comment EI-24151
Received or sent (printed as 6/23/2016)
I believe that this rail line directive by the GLBT will have a adverse impact to all environmental areas in the scope of the geology, soil and drainage and overall biological and water resources in the proposed areas. This will also cause other environmental issues, such as excessive exhaust and pollution from, not only the trains themselves, but also the automobiles and trucks that will needlessly sit idle at crossings emitting exhaust, creating more greenhouse gasses than necessary. This proposed rail system will also create unnecessary noise pollution and would also have an adverse effect in property values for citizens still recuperating from an unstable housing and property market. Transportation systems in this country are part of an ongoing infrastructure issue that is not being addressed. Why isn't the priority to continue to maintain, better and raise the standards of the already crumbling rail systems in place instead of creating new systems that will not be sustainable in the future? This should be the real directive of the GLBT.
Submitted by: Charles A. Palmer · Valparaiso, IN
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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