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Red Light for Cargill Rail Yard In Iowa

Cedar Rapids city council decides against plans to move forward

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On Tuesday, the Cedar Rapids city council decided against plans to move forward on a rail yard for a Cargill corn milling plant in a Cedar Rapids, IA, neighborhood.

According to KCRG, the Cargill rail yard has been a contentious proposal for more than a year. It would have store up to 200 freight cars and move them between the corn milling plant about a mile away.

Cargill had promised neighbors it would take measures to reduce noise, light and other disturbances.

“Their vote didn’t approve or deny us from building a rail yard,” Cargill Cedar Rapids Corn Milling Facility Manager Dan Pulis said in a statement to KCRG after the meeting. “As a result, we are prepared to continue to designate resources to find a path forward.”

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