Comment EI-25479
Received or sent (printed as 10/29/2016)
My grandfather was a railroad man; worked for Erie Lackawanna his entire career, so I am no anti-railroad. I am anti Great Lakes Basins plan for a railroad in Winnebago County IL. The proposed route for this project could have great environmental impacts. The largest aquifer in the county is at the north end of Meridian Road. The Pecatonica river is one of the cleanest in the state and this proposal would cross it twice. Nygren Wetlands Preserve is only a few miles away. Much of the area around Shirland IL floods every spring. Derailments are rare, but they do happen. A derailment along this route would have devastating effects. The sponsor of the GLBRR does not have much if any previous experience in rail transportation. Two of the six major railroads that might use the service have said they will not use it. The remaining four rail carriers have not supported the project. In addition, there is also at least one big project, the CREATE Program which is working to relieve rail congestion in northern Illinois. CREATE has the support and participation of the six major rail carriers in question. Please do not approve this project. Thank you for your time.
Submitted by: Brenda Sanders · Rockton, Illinois
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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