tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8179614.post4972836634027772930..comments2023-11-10T13:11:05.713-05:00Comments on Penobscot Bay Blog: MDOT- Sears Island container port would NOT reduce state's truck traffic.Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8179614.post-89273068214280806982009-09-28T09:47:16.724-04:002009-09-28T09:47:16.724-04:00David Cole didn't actually say that truck traf...David Cole didn't actually say that truck traffic would not be reduced as a result of container/rail shipment, did he? <br /><br />Regardless, a simpler way of parsing the situation is that added rail links could be built to serve Eastport and Portland (and points west) without degrading Sears Island. <br /><br />We need a strong refutation of Cole's insistence on the double-stacking Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8179614.post-29352732906589449342009-09-22T21:54:44.821-04:002009-09-22T21:54:44.821-04:00Lots of folks are that hungry, or they wouldn'...Lots of folks are that hungry, or they wouldn't be trying. Let me check with our shipping experts out west, they may be helpful in understanding the phenomenon of trans shipment.ron huber.55https://www.blogger.com/profile/08599604531321170965noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8179614.post-50473359450602378562009-09-21T20:59:56.267-04:002009-09-21T20:59:56.267-04:00So we of Maine would be trading Sears Island, the ...So we of Maine would be trading Sears Island, the surrounding estuary, and the area's natural ambiance that is Maine's appeal to tourists and tourist based businesses, so that corporations in the midwest could have a northern Atlantic access route to use - all with no substantial benefit to Maine or Mainers.<br />Can anyone be so hungry for money/power that they would consider that a goodMelanihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05093969089735446013noreply@blogger.com