TC PALM.COM 12,000 comments & counting on All Aboard Florida

By Arnie Rosenberg

The Federal Railroad Administration has received more than 12,000 comments about All Aboard Florida, and the number continues to climb.

The agency held a series of eight meetings in October and November — including three on the Treasure Coast — as part of the process to update the draft environmental impact statement on All Aboard Florida, the proposed Miami-to-Orlando high-speed passenger train.

A 75-day comment period gave individuals, groups and government bodies the chance to comment on the 522-page report by email, regular mail, in writing at the meetings and verbally, dictated to a court reporter at the meetings. Nearly 2,700 comments were written at the public meetings, a Federal Railroad Administration spokesman said. Mailed comments are still coming in, he said.

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