#FNAA #Allaboardflorida The USCG says the comments they received were almost useless! They did not want to hear about the train but rather navigational issues. Come one USCG - these trains will cause major navigation issues! STUART — Virtually all of the 3,000 comments collected by the Coast Guard during November meetings about navigation needs of boaters around railroad drawbridges that run over three South Florida rivers contained concerns about All Aboard Florida, Coast Guard officials said. The meetings — in Stuart, Jupiter and Hollywood in early November — were about current navigation concerns through the St. Lucie, Loxahatchee and New rivers’ railroad bridges, not possible future effects of All Aboard Florida, which plans to run high-speed passenger trains between Miami and Orlando and require 32 additional daily closings of the railroad bridges, officials said. “(The comments) were almost useless,” said Barry Dragon, chief of bridge administration for the Seventh Coast Guard District. Comments regarding current navigation needs will help the Coast Guard propose new regulations to Florida East Coast Industries, which owns the three bridges and owns All Aboard Florida. New rules could include closing schedules and the addition of bridge tenders. The Coast Guard specifically discouraged comments on All Aboard Florida because the project does not currently affect navigation, Dragon said. tcpalm/franchise/shaping-our-future/almost-useless-nearly-all-3000-comments-from-coast-guard-meetings-mentioned-all-aboard-florida_21402994
Posted on: Wed, 07 Jan 2015 21:34:20 +0000
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