Wisconsin Central, a subsidiary of Canadian National Railway (CN), is planning to build an intermodal facility and logistics park in Channahon, Illinois. The development would bring thousands of jobs to the area and reduce the number of long-haul trucks on our nation’s highways, decreasing pollution and road damage.
While most of the logistics park would be in Channahon, a portion of it would be in an unincorporated area of Minooka, and one route from the facility to the highway would put trucks through a small portion of the town. Because of this, the Minooka government is balking at the development, threatening to derail the project unless its demands are met.
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