File #: 465-2020    Version: 1 Name:
Type: Emergency Resolution Status: Passed
File created: 5/29/2020 In control: City Council
On agenda: 6/3/2020 Final action: 6/3/2020
Passage/adoption date:
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Title: AN EMERGENCY RESOLUTION Condemning Norfolk Southern Corporation for rerouting daily trains carrying highly toxic flammable crude oil and ethanol through the City of Cleveland, without public notice; strongly urging Norfolk Southern Corporation to immediately cease this rerouting; urging Norfolk Southern Corporation to withdraw its request to the Federal Railroad Administration to reduce the rail and traffic handling capacity of the only reliever route between Chicago and Pittsburgh, thus causing more traffic through Cleveland; and further urging that all hazardous materials shipments not originating or terminating in the City of Cleveland be moved to less populous routes.
Sponsors: Matt Zone, Kevin J. Kelley, Phyllis E. Cleveland
Attachments: 1. 465-2020-FOR ADOPTION-CC-norfolk southern

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AN EMERGENCY RESOLUTION Condemning Norfolk Southern Corporation for rerouting daily trains carrying highly toxic flammable crude oil and ethanol through the City of Cleveland, without public notice; strongly urging Norfolk Southern Corporation to immediately cease this rerouting; urging Norfolk Southern Corporation to withdraw its request to the Federal Railroad Administration to reduce the rail and traffic handling capacity of the only reliever route between Chicago and Pittsburgh, thus causing more traffic through Cleveland; and further urging that all hazardous materials shipments not originating or terminating in the City of Cleveland be moved to less populous routes.