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Originally Posted by Colin May
Dumb idea. Cheaper to lengthen Halterm and build out and find a way for trucks to use the existing rail bed from Bedford highway to Halterm.
Anybody who thinks people in Dartmouth will put up with much greater rail traffic obviously know nothing.
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If they were able to locate it where the refinery is now wouldn't the impact be minimal? Trucks could hit the 111 almost immediately and there's already Autoport traffic going that way anyway.
As far as rail traffic goes they'd be looking at adding a couple of freight services a day I imagine? To my knowledge, and correct me if I'm wrong, there's no level crossings that would impact automobile traffic, and if there were, building in the cost to build and underpass would be small in the big scheme of things.
I think it's an idea that's worth looking into considering the extreme positive impact it would have on the peninsula (if they moved Fairview anyway).
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