Here’s the news: the Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) has issued a Finding of No Significant Impact (FONSI) as the final step in reviewing environmental considerations attendant to construction of a Maintenance and Layover Facility (MLF) by NNEPRA at the Brunswick West location adjacent to the Bouchard Drive in-town neighborhood.
Here’s the actual posted decision, which appears here: http://www.fra.dot.gov/Page/P0669
Attachments to the announcement are as follows:
Brunswick Finding of No Significant Impact (FONSI):
Brunswick Layover Facility - Environmental Assessment (EA):
Appendix A - Agency Correspondence
Appendix B - Project Siting Report
Appendix C - Industrial Site Alternative
Appendix D - Air Quality Assessment
Appendix E - Noise and Vibration Technical Report
Appendix F - Categorical Exclusion for Downeaster Portland North Additional Projects
Appendix G - Maine Department of Environmental Protection Assessment Summary
We haven’t read the FONSI document itself, or the attachments to it. So we’re not prepared to comment in any way. We’re simply intent on getting the news out. As you might guess, we’re a bit stunned by the outcome, knowing as we do the details of the issue.
At least Brunswick Taxi can continue their services to Amtrak crews on a regular basis. We wouldn’t want to see the Kings, of either sort, have their kingdoms undermined.
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