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GATEWAY PACIFIC TERMINAL EIS SCOPING HEARING VOL. II
COURT REPORTER: BETH DRUMMOND PROCEEDING DATE: October 27, 2012
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1 spent $300 million on improvements to track between Sumas
2 and Brasseur.
3 In the year 2000, Cascade Transportation Plan
4 forecasted 47 freight and passenger trains per day coming up
5 through this region before any dream of coal.
6 Surely professionals are familiar with the
7 Cascade Institute, Farmhouse Gang, the State of Washington's
8 rail plans.
9 The coastal route needs a pressure relief valve,
10 and that valve is the farmland route through Eastern Whatcom
11 County. Whatcom County is more concerned about adverse
12 impacts than routes through Wyoming.
13 Yesterday headlines were about -- from what
14 Whatcom County assessors question, the impact of this on
15 land values in Whatcom County.
16 So take this farmland route a little more
17 seriously, will you, Folks?
18 The portent of this overpass to relieve vehicular
19 delays, people spoke about medical emergencies. There are
20 nine critical crossings from one end of the county to the
21 other.
22 MS. STRAUSZ-CLARK: 38, 39 and 40. 38 you're at
23 the microphone. 39 and 40 you're at the desk.
24 Please state your name for the record.
25 THE SPEAKER: My name is Christopher Grannis, 701