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 James
Neville's attack on the restoration of the Rahway Valley Railroad. is so
wrong it demands countering.- First, the RV was never abandoned but
Union County had the state buy the former line to railbank it for
freight or passenger or light rail use. The problem was Carol Westervelt
of Kenilworth who trespassed on the right of way and then had the
unmitigated gall to get her town to appoint her to the County
Transportation Advisory Board , to try to get them to allow her to.
continue blocking the line for her own personal, gain. She was then
joined by know-nothings Munoz and Kean who tried to pass laws stopping
the' rail line Is she a friend of Big 0il? And her hangers on, too.
The County needs rail transit
for (1) America is down to one percent of the world oil reserve
and contines to waste it as if there were plenty; (2) Rail freight and
passenger are so far more environmentally friendly, that roads should be
torn up for rail; (3) There ate too many dormant industrial sites that
can only be revived by restoring rail and (4) We need a cross-county
rail line, which the RV/SI fill nicely.
Neville chastises Senator
Raymond Lesniak and County Manager Devanney when all that venom must be
aimed at Munoz, Kean, and the rest of the supporters of Big Oil and
their continued waste. Within a very short time oil will be rationed and
those areas with active rail will be the economic powerhouses of the
day.
Neville is from Springfield,
which sold off all its farms for ratables and now is the prime source of
all the congestion we must have rail to cut. As for Route 22 the DOT
study found the only: way to end the extreme congestion short of tearing
out all those ratable producing -business in the center isle was to put
in at least three traffic lights to create breaks. One of the lights
would be at the RV crossing which is adjacent to Michigan Avenue. Too
bad Neville doesn't see beyond the end of his nose. Of course; we all
remember how Springfield wanted to build a fence to keep
"them" from swarming out of Union to rob, rape and pillage.
"Nuff said!"
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