Heartland Corridor

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Where does traffic going down the Bristol line go beyond Bristol? Would that not be the path taken to reach Knoxville AND Chatanooga? Or are we talking upgrading to handle container traffic, or what? I think I got confused somewhere....

Bob Welsh


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>From: nw-mailing-list at nwhs.org

>Sent: Jul 10, 2006 4:51 PM

>To: nw-mailing-list at nwhs.org

>Subject: RE: Heartland Corridor

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>>Part of the traffic on I81 is between Richmond and Bristol/Knoxville.

>>Traffic that originates in Norfolk and other coastal areas. There is a

>>massive amount of truck traffic on I81 that originates in Norfolk and

>>follows I64 to I81 to I40.

>>Bob Welsh

>

>

>This is exactly why the Heartland Corridor does nothing to address I-81 

>traffic... once the traffic gets to Roanoke it has no rail way to get to 

>Knoxville/Chatanooga or Harrisburg.  NS continually preaches that it needs 

>money to upgrade the Bristol and Shenandoah lines to impriove service... yet 

>they have never offered any form of TOFC/COFC service on that lane...

>

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