WHAT: Availability of the official transcript of the public hearings on the Environmental Impact Statement for the Detroit Intermodal Freight Terminal Study held by the Michigan Department of Transportation.
WHEN: Currently
WHERE: Copies of the hearing transcript, including comments received through August 16, 2005, are available at the following locations: Ferndale Public Library, 222 E. Nine Mile, Ferndale; Henry Ford Centennial Library, 16301 Michigan Ave., Dearborn; Detroit Public Library, 5201 Woodward Ave., Detroit; Bowen Branch of the Detroit Public Library, 3648 W. Vernor Highway, Detroit; MDOT Detroit Transportation Service Center, 1400 Howard St., Detroit; MDOT Oakland Transportation Service Center, 2300 Dixie Highway, Waterford; MDOT Region Office,18101 W. Nine Mile Road., Southfield; and MDOT Bureau of Transportation Planning, 425 Ottawa St., Lansing.
BACKGROUND: MDOT conducted four public hearings on June 13-16 to gather public comments on the Draft Environmental Impact Statement prepared for improving intermodal freight opportunities in southeast Michigan. Intermodal transportation at the existing Detroit area rail yards uses two modes, trucks, and trains, to move freight in special containers. The Build Alternatives vary from improvement/expansion of existing rail yards; consolidating operations of all four major railroads at Livernois-Junction Yard in Southwest Detroit, and a "composite option" that consolidates intermodal operations of CSX, Norfolk Southern and Canadian Pacific at Livernois-Junction Yard while expanding Canadian National Moterm terminal. A "no action" alternative also is under consideration. The study team currently is reviewing the comments included in the transcript, and preparing responses for inclusion in the Final Environmental Impact Statement.
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