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COOL FRONT OF THE SEASON
STRAIGHT AHEAD.
BIG OPPOSITION GATHERING FOR
ALL ABOARD FLORIDA THE
HIGH-SPEED TRAIN THAT WOULD LINK
ORLANDO AND MIAMI NEXT YEAR
ALONG THE FLORIDA COAST
THOUSANDS ARE GEARING UP TO STOP
IT.
WESH 2'S DAN BILLOW IS BY THE
TRACKS IN COCOA.
WHAT'S THE FEAR?
MARTHA, THE FEAR IS THAT WHEN
32 TRAINS A DAY, ADDITIONAL
TRAINS COME DOWN THESE TRACKS,
IT WILL HURT PEOPLE'S PROPERTY
VALUES, THREATEN THEIR SAFETY,
AND COST THEM MONEY WHEN NO
OFF-SETTING BENEFIT.
JUST A FEW FEET FROM OUR
BEDROOM.
THAT'S HOW CLOSE THE TRAINS
COME TO JENNY BAILEY'S PLACE.
AND THE GLASSWARE IN THE
HOUSE SHAKES AND, YOU KNOW, IT'S
PRETTY NOISY.
MULT FLY THAT BY -- MULTIPLY
THAT BY THOUSANDS AND YOU BEGIN
TO SEE THE OPPOSITION TO ALL
ABOARD FLORIDA.
THE 110-MILE-AN-HOUR TRAIN
SERVICE COULD BEGIN NEXT YEAR
WITH 32 TRAINS A DAY AND NO
STOPS IN BETWEEN.
TODAY THE BREVARD COUNTY
COMMISSION SIGNALED ITS
OPPOSITION ALTHOUGH THEY HELD
OFF ON PASSING A FORMAL
RESOLUTION.
I DON'T THINK IT'S IN THE
BEST INTEREST OF RESIDENTS AND
ESPECIALLY THOSE ALONG THE PATH
OF THE RAILROAD.
THERE WILL BE SOUND ISSUES.
THERE WILL BE HOUSING VALUE
THAT'S DECLINE.
EXECUTIVES WITH ALL ABOARD
FLORIDA HAVE SAID THEY DON'T
NEED LOCAL APPROVAL TO START THE
SERVICE.
THEY ALREADY OWN THE TRACKS.
THEY SAY THEIR SHORT PASSENGER
TRAINS WILL BE QUIETER THAN THE
CURRENT FREIGHT TRAINS AND WILL
CLEAR INTERSECTIONS IN 60
SECONDS.
QUICKER THAN A TRAFFIC LIGHT.
IN PLACES LIKE BAREFOOT BAY AND
MICCO RESIDENTS ARE SAYING
THEY'LL BE HELD PRISONER BY
CONSTANT TRAIN TRAFFIC.
THEY CAN'T GET TO THE EAST
SIDE OF THE TRACKS TO GET TO THE
HOSPITALS WITHOUT GOING CLEAR
OUT TO BABCOCK ROAD AND AROUND.
WHEN YOU ARE SICK, THAT'S A LONG
TIME.
SINCE THE TRAIN TRACKS WERE
HERE BEFORE ANYTHING ELSE AND
SINCE THE RAILROAD HAS THE RIGHT
OF WAY, COMMUNITIES, LOCAL
GOVERNMENTS HAVE TO MAINTAIN THE
ROADS THAT CROSS THOSE TRACKS
AND COUNTY COMMISSIONERS ARE
CONCERNED THAT THAT COULD COST
AN ADDITIONAL UPWARD OF A
MILLION DOLLARS A YEAR FOR ALL
ABOARD FLORIDA.