CSX Comes To Wahneta

Tuesday evening CSX officials came to Wahneta in an attempt to educate the community about the intermodal site coming to the area. There were about 100 people there. It was met with mixed reviews. Some pushed for it because of more jobs coming to the area. That cooled off when CSX said that most of those jobs would be here by 2020. Some complained because the signs went out so late and there weren't any hand outs to take home. One man asked about the 1450 semi trucks a day he had heard would be going by his house. Rick Hood of CSX assured him there would not be 1450 semi trucks a day. Hood did finally publically admit there would be 1000 semi trucks a day! That is the first time CSX has admitted that! Before we were always told 350, then 700. Wow, what a change! That is still 41 - 42 trucks an hour! Then Hood said the trucks would be going to Hwy 60, not by his house. The man had to show CSX where his house was next to the new road! How many lives are being disrupted and have fell through the cracks like this man?