Online Petition Opposes the Trash Trains at Seneca Meadows

Oct 7, 2013 6:48 AM

Greg Cotterill

The fight over building a railroad spur to deliver garbage to the Seneca Meadows Lanfill in Seneca Falls is not over yet. There is now an online petition opposing the landfill.

The Seneca Falls Town Planning Board last month voted 3 to 2 to approve the rail spur project. The landfill and Finger Lakes Railway still have to present their final site plan for approval to the planning board on October 24th.

The group-Concerned Citizens of Seneca County-is sponsoring the online petition. They are seeking 1,000 signatures, as of this morning they have 233.

Here's the wording of the online petition:

Consider the following:

Trains crossing 414 and North Road may occur in excess of two per hour, potentially causing major disruptions to traffic flow.?

Increased train crossings may result in delays for first responders putting public safety at risk with potentially deadly consequences.

Increased garbage capacity may ultimately result in increased garbage dumping, if not now, in the future.?

Today, Frank Knight Elementary School lies 1 mile due east and downwind from the landfill, exposing our childrens young lungs to God only knows what hazardous gasses in every breath they take, all year long! Staging odor emitting rail cars even closer to our schools and community is an outrage and unacceptable.

Creation of an Industrial Rail Yard east of 414 and off the landfill property may well serve as the first step towards expansion of the landfill in the future.

Local Governments who are opposed to the Rail Yard:
Seneca County Board of Supervisors, Town of Waterloo, Town of Fayette, Town of Tyre, Town of Varick and the Geneva City Council

Enough is Enough! Seneca Falls and Seneca County has taken more than its share of the Northeast's Garbage.