Supervisor, DAVID F. NELSON

Summer 2008

Cuba News

 

Township board

meetings are held

the second Thursday

of each month at

7:00 pm at the

Township office,

28000 W. Cuba

Road, Barrington.

All meetings are

open to the public

 

Office hours-

Monday—Friday

9:00am—3:30 pm

CUBA TOWNSHIP RESPONDS TO CN ACQUISITION OF E, J, & E RAILROAD

Most Cuba Township residents, I’m sure, are now familiar with the proposed acquisition by Canadian National Railroad of the E, J & E rail line.  This situation represents one of the most serious disruptions to our community that has been encountered.

 

To date, a coalition of local governments, Barrington Communities Against CN Rail Congestion, has been formed to pool resources, both financial and professional, to combat the acquisition.  One of the frontrunners in opposition to the acquisition, the Barrington coalition has now been now joined by a larger group, TRAC, The Regional Answer to CN, to form an even broader spectrum of support. 

 

Although initially, the consensus was that the acquisition was a “done deal”, progress has been made and the voice of the coalition has been heard loud and clear by both CN and our legislators.  Currently, all options for mitigation and/or cessation of the acquisition are being considered by the coalition.

 

In my 30 plus years of local public service, the CN situation is the most serious obstacle to life in the Barrington community that I have encountered.   I spend a portion of every day dealing with the situation -either in the way of meetings with coalition members, phone calls, or attending meetings.  There are 4 train crossings in Cuba Township– Northwest Highway, Lake Zurich Road, Route 59 and Main Street.  With the exception of Lake Zurich Road,  these points are highly traveled; all crossings would suffer insurmountable delays due to increased train traffic at these points.  The impact of the increased train traffic would have disastrous effects on travel throughout Barrington. 

 

While this situation has many adverse ramifications to the Barrington area, the effects in the broadest sense are exponential when considering all of the communities along the rail line.   From Waukegan to  Gary, Indiana will be effected in ways similar to the impact which will be felt locally. 

 

By late summer, the draft of the Environmental Impact Study should be released.  Once the study is released, there will be a series of public hearings.  We are hopeful that Barrington will be a hearing site.  Local testimony to the adverse nature of the acquisition will be crucial at that time. 

 

Visit www.fightrailcongestion.com to register for email alerts regarding the situation.  Additionally, the website contains contact information for our legislators—please contact them so that they know their constituents are concerned and want support from them.

 

Please know that I am on the frontline monitoring the situation and your Cuba Township tax dollars being spent on a resolution to this situation.  I am always available to speak with you on the subject- please feel free to contact me at the Township office by phone at (847) 381-1924 or email at

cubatownship@comcast.net.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

PASSPORT SERVICES OFFERED AT THE TOWNSHIP OFFICE

Cuba Township is an authorized passport acceptance facility. By

appointment only, the office staff can accept your completed passport

application and take your photo.  Processing takes approximately 6 weeks.  Please refer to www.travel.state.gov for the fees charged, required

documents and any other questions you may have about the application.  You may also call the Township at (847) 381-1924 for more information and to make an appointment.