Comment EI-25426
Received or sent (printed as 10/13/2016)
I am against the Great Lakes Basin Railroad. I am a concerned citizen who will be affected by this. 1. My commute to work will be redirected, causing delays- Who will pay me if I loose my job? 2. we will have no access to Medical assistance-how can they get to the west side of the proposed track, if the first responders have to wait for a train? Who will be liable? How will medical assistance get to our school and children on the west side of the track? This will have an impact on current transportation such as Bus safety, rail crossing safety, potential train accidents, disruption and delays of first responders, rural road closings and implications of up to 110 trains a day. What will be done about the noise?This will also have a impact on the land: impact on agricultural activities, land locked fields, increased fuel use as fields are bisected, destruction of soil a non-renewable natural resource, soil drainage and natural land contours disrupted, compactions, socioeconomics of the agricultural community and cultural and historic resources. Who will cover the cost of hazardous waste spill, the land value will go down, who is compensating us for of this disruption? Rural property would be stripped of its intended use. there will be damage to existing irrigation systems and field tile-who pays for this?decreased production of crops and livestock. All and all I see no pros to have GLB Railroad in our neighborhood. We must STOP this as it will ruin the people who provide for us -the farmers. Please reconsider. Thank you
Submitted by: Maria Dietz · Rockton, 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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