Bill Text: CT HJ00054 | 2017 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Resolution Expressing Opposition To The Federal Railroad Administration's Plan To Construct A Bypass Through Southeastern Connecticut.

Spectrum: Committee Bill

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2017-03-29 - File Number 298 [HJ00054 Detail]

Download: Connecticut-2017-HJ00054-Introduced.html

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General Assembly		House Joint Resolution No. 54
January Session, 2017		LCO No. 5475
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Referred to Committee on TRANSPORTATION
Introduced by:
(TRA)

RESOLUTION EXPRESSING OPPOSITION TO THE FEDERAL RAILROAD ADMINISTRATION'S PLAN TO CONSTRUCT A BYPASS THROUGH SOUTHEASTERN CONNECTICUT.

Resolved by this Assembly:

WHEREAS, the Federal Railroad Administration's plan to construct a bypass on the Northeast Corridor between Old Saybrook, Connecticut, and Kenyon, Rhode Island, has negatively impacted the communities of southeastern Connecticut; and

WHEREAS, the construction of such bypass will be disruptive to the scenic, peaceful and historic towns of southeastern Connecticut; and

WHEREAS, the construction of such bypass will cause a decline in property values, divide neighborhoods and negatively affect tourist areas of southeastern Connecticut; and

WHEREAS, the construction of such bypass will significantly damage the fragile and unique ecology of the Connecticut River Estuary and irreparably harm Old Lyme's nationally registered historical landmarks; and

WHEREAS, the construction of such bypass will have a devastating impact on environmentally precious areas, home sales, farm land and businesses; and

WHEREAS, merely the threat of such bypass has halted real estate transactions in southeastern Connecticut's communities.

NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED, that the plan to construct a bypass on the Northeast Corridor between Old Saybrook, Connecticut, and Kenyon, Rhode Island, be eliminated from the Federal Railroad Administration's plan, NEC Future, before the Federal Railroad Administration makes a final recommendation; and

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that a copy of this resolution, suitably engrossed, be sent to the Federal Railroad Administration.

TRA

Joint Favorable