Environmental Impact Study Stalls Impending KC Southern Merger

Rail fans know this is a done deal . . . 

However, eco-concern has hit the breaks on this end of an era for Kansas City transit.

The deets . . .

"But the board’s final environmental impact statement has not yet been completed. And under federal law the board can’t issue a final decision on the merger until 30 days after the environmental impact statement has been published in the Federal Register."

Read more via www.TonysKansasCity.com link . . .

Environmental review holding up final decision on Canadian Pacific-Kansas City Southern merger (updated) - Trains

WASHINGTON - The Surface Transportation Board's final decision on the proposed Canadian Pacific-Kansas City Southern merger has been delayed and likely won't come until late February at the earliest. Today was the statutory deadline for the board to issue its decision on the first merger of Class I railroads in more than two decades.