Railway merger opposed by suburbs gets regulators' OK; final decision in hands of STB

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Feds give green light to CP merger. Up to the STB members now.

Federal regulators contend the positives of a hotly debated merger sought by the Canadian Pacific Railway and opposed by many suburbs outweigh any negatives in a final report released Friday. The STB's Office of Environmental Analysis made some recommendations and added comments to a draft environmental impact statement issued in August regarding CP's plan to acquire the Kansas City Southern Railroad.

DuPage County and a consortium of Bartlett, Bensenville, Elgin, Hanover Park, Itasca, Roselle, Schaumburg and Wood Dale plus suburban congressman have objected, predicting traffic gridlock and environmental hazards. by signing up you agree to our terms of service Metra plus DuPage County and a consortium of Bartlett, Bensenville, Elgin, Hanover Park, Itasca, Roselle, Schaumburg and Wood Dale forecast 15 more freights.

 

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Y'all have editors left? Saw dead tree DH today & u keep ssying in this story that Canadian Press is the railroad instead of Canadian Pacific & I'm sure CdnPressNews will appreciate u making it owner of a railroad in your paper, probably won't even correct bc tons errors daily.

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