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The Rail Passengers Association today welcomed a significant change in the Federal review process for Amtrak’s proposed Midwest Maintenance Facility at Chicago’s Canal Street Yard, following weeks of public concern about the project’s environmental impacts, site selection, and lack of 2/5

Rail Passengers Association

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[cont] meaningful community engagement. 3/5

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The Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) has made public a new Federal permitting dashboard indicating that the agency is preparing an Environmental Assessment (EA) for the proposed facility, even though an earlier determination held that the project qualified for a Categorical Exclusion, or 4/5

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[cont] CE, from more extensive environmental review. The EA is expected to be released shortly, triggering a 30-day public comment period. FRA has also indicated that it plans to hold two public meetings, with dates and details forthcoming. Full release here: https://twp.ai/E5Gr1R 5/5

twp.ainews.railpassengers.orgRail Passengers Association Welcomes New Federal Environmental Review of Proposed Chicago Amtrak Maintenance Facility

Eric the Red

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Rail continues to be held to an impossible standard. How many environmental reviews and community meetings are scheduled whenever more trucks and cars are driving on the nearby Dan Ryan?