Comment EI-31871
Received or sent (printed as 2/28/2022)
I have significant concerns about the Canadian Pacific - Kansas City Southern rail merger. If approved, this merger will results in an increased number of longer, oil-filled trains running through Minnesota all the way down the Gulf of Mexico. This is a problem on multiple levels. Train delays are a common annoyance as it currently stands. Increasing the opportunities for train delays will encourage reckless driving. How many people will risk beating the train when the see it coming instead of waiting behind the tracks for lengthy minutes? Canadian Pacific trains average out to be over a mile and a half long! These inconveniences will quickly add up to lost time, lost productivity, and lost opportunities. This merger will nearly double the amount of rail traffic we could see each month. How much more time would that cost first responders in the case of a fire or health emergency? The recent infrastructure bill passed by Congress includes funding for a study that will provide answers to these questions. In the meantime, this merger remains what it is -- a genuine danger for public safety.
Submitted by: Ian Klein · Bloomington, MN
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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