Letter to the editor from:
Bonnie Hanson
Executive Director
Genoa Area Chamber of Commerce
The study found CN route operating cost $100,000 annually less expensive compared to the route through Belvidere
CN Route offers faster service, ridership was 39 percent higher than the Belvidere routing, and the CN route will be much easier to implement since negotiating and managing an operating agreement would be with only one railroad instead of multiple entities.
there has been no regional consensus to change from the most cost effective CN Route. There have been no open meetings or hearings those along the CN Route were made aware of regarding changing from the superior CN route.
Rockford will receive the same or better service from the CN route, and the Belvidere City limits are only about six miles from the Rockford east side station at Alpine planned on the CN routing
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