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Baltimore cites ‘equity, environmental justice’ in saying no to high-speed maglev train project

https://www.washingtonpost.com/trans...ain-baltimore/

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- Citing concerns about equity and effects on the environment, the city is joining towns, transportation leaders and federal agencies on the project’s path in opposing the multibillion-dollar, privately funded project. “The City of Baltimore has several concerns … related to equity, environmental justice and community impacts,” Chris Ryer and Steve Sharkey, Baltimore’s planning and transportation chiefs, respectively, wrote to the Federal Railroad Administration in a May 14 letter, recommending a “no build alternative” for the project. The letter was a response to the project’s draft environmental impact statement. --- The letter continued: “The draft lacks a sufficient level of detail regarding current and future plans for the project which make a comprehensive analysis difficult. The proposed project is also not aligned with significant efforts underway to upgrade existing rail infrastructure in the corridor.”

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