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MCRS meeting will explore local rail option
The Willits News
The Willits News
Article Launched:10/05/2007 09:20:31 AM PDT
Special for the Willits News
A proposal to initiate light rail service in Mendocino County will be discussed at 11:30 a.m. Sunday in the Little Lake Grange hall on School Street. As envisioned by the Mendocino County Railway Society, the meeting could spark "a rail revival in Northern California that could ultimately lead to connection with the Bay Area by means of the Sonoma Marin Area Rail Transit (SMART) project," says the MCRS' Laird Smith SMART has allocated $50 million for rail reconstruction to north of Cloverdale, he notes.
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| NWP DETERMINED TO TRANSPORT GRAVEL THROUGH SONOMA/MARIN COUNTIES. SEEKS OUT NEW SOURCES |
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Council nixes gravel deal
By Linda Williams/TWN Staff Writer
The Willits News
Article Launched:10/02/2007 05:34:00 PM PDT
By a 3-2 vote, the Willits City Council stopped the city staff from further exploration of a deal with the railroad to mine gravel from the city's watershed.The Northwestern Pacific Railroad Company contacted the city in June suggesting a partnership where the railroad would mine 1-2 million tons of gravel annually and transport it via rail; and in return would pay the city a royalty for the gravel and restore rail service to Willits.
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| NCRA TRYS TO GET WILLITS/MARIN LINK APPROVED WITHOUT CONSIDERING THE IMPACT OF NORTHERN TRAFFIC THAT MAY FLOW THROUGH SONOMA/MARIN |
INITIAL STUDY
NORTH COAST RAILROAD AUTHORITY
FREIGHT RAIL PROJECT
JULY 10, 2007
This Initial Study has been prepared by Kleinfelder on behalf of the North Coast Railroad Authority (NCRA), pursuant to California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) Guidelines, Section 15063. NCRA has proposed this project to resume freight rail service from Willits, Mendocino County to Lombard, Napa County. The proposed project corridor extends approximately 142 miles from Willits in Mendocino County, California southward to Lombard in Napa County. The North Coast Railroad Authority (NCRA) is proposing to resume rail service over the Russian River Division (RRD) of the Northwestern Pacific Railroad (NWP). Additionally, this project does not propose nor authorize freight service north of Willits.
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| MAYBE THEY DON'T NEED FREIGHT TRAIN SERVICE NORTH OF WILLITS RIGHT NOW |
Humboldt County
2006 Regional Transportation Plan Update
The analysis looked at operating the Southern segment of the NWP from Willits to Schellville with a truck transload facility in Willits. A telephone survey of the five largest lumber companies in Humboldt County was conducted by Caltrans to determine if the companies would use a transload site in Willits to support the NCRA. One lumber company said they would not accept an increase in transportation costs. Their response indicated they are trucking all of their lumber to Redding and will continue to do so until rail service returns to Eureka. The other four companies all stated they prefer having a rail connection in Eureka, but would support a Willits transload provided it did not significantly increase their transportation costs. The rail system will also have the capability to handle backhaul movements for export traffic through the Port of Humboldt Bay. The backhaul operation could generate an additional $1.5 million in revenue to the County. The alternative would be to set up a transload point at Willits.
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| THE WILLITS WASTE TRANSFER FACILITY IS VERY NEAR THE TRACKS |
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| NEXT COMES HUMBOLDT COUNTY WASTE |
California Integrated Waste Management BoardBoard Meeting December 12-13, 2000
ITEM Consideration Of A Revised Solid Waste Facility Permit For The Hawthorne Street Transfer Station, Humboldt County. On June 16, 2000, Humboldt Waste Management Authority (HWMA) purchased and assumed responsibility for operations at the facility. The contract operator is Waste Solutions Group, Inc. (WSG). WSG provides transfer station operation and transport of municipal solid waste by transfer truck to the Dry Creek Landfill located near Medford, Oregon. Eventually, an off-site railway facility will be completed and waste will be transported by the Northwestern Pacific Railroad to Potrero Hills Landfill in Solano County. Dry Creek Landfill will then act as a backup disposal facility.
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