Bellingham Comments from Digital Recorder - EISs for the Proposed ...

GATEWAY PACIFIC TERMINAL EIS SCOPING HEARING VOL. II
COURT REPORTER: BETH DRUMMOND PROCEEDING DATE: October 27, 2012
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1 traveling at speeds of 55 miles per hour and 35 miles per
2 hour, what additional delays will emergency response
3 vehicles face?
4 Twenty-four trains because if the terminal is
5 built, it can be expanded in the future. Using statistics
6 of the emergency response vehicle -- using statistics of the
7 emergency vehicle response cases per population, I ask the
8 EIS to address how many emergency vehicle response cases in
9 a year will receive a longer response time?
10 The only way I see not to increase response time
11 is to not increase train traffic. And I ask you all, if
12 there ever needs to be an increase in train traffic, should
13 it really be spent on coal?
14 MS. STRAUSZ-CLARK: 22, 23, and 24. 22 you're at
15 the microphone. 23 and 24 you're at the desk.
16 Please state your name for the record.
17 THE SPEAKER: My name is Danne Neill. I am a
18 real estate broker with Whatcom County. I work in Whatcom
19 County, San Juan County, and some in Skagit County.
20 Deeply concerned about this facility, and I ask
21 that a study be incorporated in order to look at the
22 possible effects on property values.
23 I've heard people say to me: Well, it really
24 only affects those big houses down by the water, and you
25 know, it's not that big of a deal.