Trucking companies challenge L.A. port rail project
“The lawsuits challenge the city’s May 8 approval of a BNSF Railway final environmental review, and its issuance of a permit for the Southern California International Gateway project, according to a Courthouse News Service report.
The BNSF plans to build a 153-acre rail yard near Wilmington and Long Beach, about 4 miles from the busiest container port in the nation. The port complex in San Pedro spans 7,500 acres and stretches along 43 miles of oceanfront.
The trucking companies filed two complaints in Los Angeles Superior Court, claiming city approved the project without considering the environmental effects and the cost to business.”
Whistler, Deborah. Fleet Owner 12 June 2013.