April 26, 2008: The Roanoke Times "Region's Leaders Still Split on Rail Yard"
Submitted by VHSR on April 26, 2008 - 2:00am.
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The governor got the meeting he asked for, but it didn't produce the consensus he sought.
When the state announced that the eastern Montgomery County community of Elliston is "the only feasible site" in the region for a Norfolk Southern Corp. intermodal rail yard, it also announced that Gov. Tim Kaine wanted the 15 local governments who had supported the idea of an intermodal yard along the Heartland Corridor back in 2006 to "convene as a region within the next thirty days to discuss your shared vision for transportation and economic development."