Comment EI-32211
Received or sent (printed as 9/14/2022)
I live on the Mississippi River across the railroad tracks from all services that Davenport provides. This merger puts our family at risk if there are medical emergencies and essentially cuts off our access to food, health care, or any other services that we rely on the City of Davenport to provide. Furthermore, we already see railroad waste up and down our road from the current Canadian Pacific rail yard. Railroad ties that are washed away during floods etc. This merger will cut us off from everything in Davenport with three times the train traffic. This merger will also triple the risk of accidental spills during derailment emergencies that not only impacts the city of Davenport but also every city from here to the Gulf of Mexico. This merger as it is written should absolutely not be permitted when it triples the train traffic along the Mississippi River threatening every home for 2500 miles. These engineers have absolutely no respect for the state laws or the communities in which they operate. We are already blocked by trains often for up to an hour trying to get into town. Iowa State law prohibits blocking the intersections for more than 10 minutes but Canadian Pacific is aware that Federal law supersedes that. My understanding is that this merger is being suplemented with Federal funds to mitigate the risks to local communities. I DO NOT SUPPORT corporate welfare and if they cannot fund the merger themselves and reroute away from the Mississippi River communities without milking money from taxpayers, then they may need to rethink their business model.
Submitted by: John Thurber · N/A · DAVENPORT, IA
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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