Comment EI-32308
Received or sent (printed as 9/27/2022)
The subject property referred to is across the street from the Hanover Park Metra Train Station and impacted by the CPKC merger. As both a resident of an older home and Pastor of a church located on subject property, I feel an obligation to express the views of myself and my church congregation. We are in a historical area with both a residential and a church building structure, roughly 145 years old, located on the property. There are several other historical buildings and businesses in this area located just steps away from the tracks. With that being said, any derailments would be disastrous. The current train traffic that we have learned to deal with already presents issues with earthquake type tremors causing visible cracks in the building foundations. The loud train horns wake us as residents and disrupts our church worship services as a church congregation. We just completed a $30,000 historical church building renovation improving our church structure and repairing visible damage caused. Adding new train traffic to the current train traffic will cause deterioration of the repairs just completed over a quicker time frame creating a need for additional funds to repair. It will place a financial burden on the church and decrease the value of the property. The new train traffic will not only block commuter trains, crosswalks, and parking lots, but inhibit a thorough way to the businesses across from the train station. This will negatively impact the new Village Center downtown area businesses, housing, and community events located by the Train Station. It will also create higher risk issues in emergency situations because of trains blocking tracks for longer periods of time.
Submitted by: Pastor Larry & Tina Greathouse · Community of Hope Church · Hanover Park, 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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