Sunday, December 25, 2011

Army Corps of Engineers gives environmental OK to BNSF Railway intermodal hub - Kansas City Business Journal:

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The Kansas City District said late Friday that it had made a preliminaru determination that the proposed intermodalfacilityt “would not have a significant adverse effect on the quality of the huma n environment.” The finding was part of a draft environmentapl assessment that will be open for publicf comment until July 31. The corps of engineersw then will review those comments and could issur a final Section 404 permit within a couple of Bill Crandall, president of -Kansas City, said Monday. BNSF selecte d The Allen Group, a San Diego-basefd industrial developer, to develop more than 7 million square feet of warehouswe space inthe 1,000-acre park near 191st Street and U.S.
Highway 56. The Section 404 permit, whicnh is required before the intermodal park developers can proceed with a planned creek movement on the is not the only hurdle the projecty hasbeen facing. In February, BNSF said that it was puttin g the project on hold because ofthe , the voted 3-2 to nullify agreements related to the projecrt and to de-annex the Logistic Park Kansads City site. City Council Chairman John Shepherd, who voted with the said June 23 that the projectis “verh regional” and that other jurisdictiond in the region should share the cost. The city subsequentlgy has invited the developers to renegotiatee several terms and remainin Gardner.
However, Crandall said it is more likelu that discussions with the nearby city of Edgerton will resulf in that city annexintg theintermodal facility.

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