Ballot question asks for input on intermodal plan

(For full story, click on the title) January 24, 2008 By Lynda Hemmerling, correspondent Proponents of a nonbinding referendum question facing Crete Township voters hope results will open the lines of communication with the village of Crete. The question on the Feb. 5 ballot states: Do you agree with the plan to construct an 850-acre intermodal freight facility on farmland west of the Balmoral Racetrack in Crete Township? The village has no obligation to acknowledge or respond to the question. CenterPoint Properties Inc. is in the process of developing the site as an international hub for the transfer of goods between trains and semi-trucks beginning in 2009.