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Residents and PORA warn of potential BNSF intermodal impacts; PORA outlines organizational plans
Summary
Public commenters and PORA leadership used the March 20 meeting to raise concerns about a potential BNSF intermodal facility near the Whitman area and to update residents on PORA's internal planning. Speakers cited truck and truck-trip forecasts, air-quality concerns and ongoing coordination with county and federal agencies.
Several residents and a PORA representative raised concerns at the March 20 Sun City West Governing Board meeting about a potential BNSF intermodal facility planned in the broader region and its effects on traffic, air quality, water and native habitat.
PORA President Ralph Johnson presented an organization update and said PORA has been preparing business-plan revisions and monitoring government relations projects that could affect Sun City West. "It is the intent and plan that the board will continue to serve SCW just as it has…
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