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One of the best ways to decrease harbor congestion and air pollution is to use trains rather than trucks to move cargo. That is why we support the Burlington Northern and Santa Fe Railway (BNSF) proposal to build a rail terminal a short hop from the ports of Long Beach and Los Angeles.
- Long Beach Press-Telegram editorial
May 10, 2007
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BNSF is committed to working closely with all interested stakeholders as the environmental process for SCIG continues, and BNSF will continue its efforts to explain the benefits of the facility.
SCIG has been included on the list of Preliminary Candidates in the Governor’s Final Goods Movement Action Plan, released in January 2007.
In the Long Beach Press-Telegram recently an editorial stated "One of the best ways to decrease harbor congestion and air pollution is to use trains rather than trucks to move cargo. That is why we support the Burlington Northern and Santa Fe Railway (BNSF) proposal to build a rail terminal a short hop from the ports of Long Beach and Los Angeles." (Long Beach Press-Telegram, May 10, 2007)
A Los Angeles Times editorial stated, “A better way to reduce pollution and truck traffic is to build more on-dock or near-dock rail yards and send cargo by rail along the underused Alameda Corridor; BNSF Railway has proposed building just such a yard.” (The Road to Gridlock,” Los Angeles Times, January 7, 2006)
In a December 2005 editorial, the Los Angeles Times described SCIG as “promising” and gave BNSF credit for “moving in the right direction.” (“Toward Cleaner Ports,” Los Angeles Times, December 18, 2005)
As the Long Beach Press-Telegram noted in an October 2005 editorial, “The International Gateway terminal would lessen localized pollution by using ultra-clean on-site equipment, such as electric cranes and locomotives fueled by liquefied natural gas. …Building the proposed BNSF terminal is one way to ease the impact on the region.” (“Terminal's tradeoffs; Rail center proposal balances regional benefits against local problems,” Long Beach Press-Telegram, October 4, 2005)
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