Opponents of the proposal to bring passenger train service to Cape Cod say the plan could derail years of careful planning and land management.
As the Army Corps of Engineers works to complete a $30 million restoration the Buzzards Bay Railroad bridge - a campaign to revive passenger rail service is picking up steam. "Some say the revival of train service on the Cape could derail years of careful planning and land management by creating a speedier trip to and from Boston that would spawn unwanted development. And that, they say, would only worsen traffic in an already fragile environment...[O]ne Hyannis entrepreneur hopes to bring together the opposing sides - and usher in a new era of rail service to an area choking on its own popularity."
Thanks to Christian Peralta
FULL STORY: Cape debates impact of rail link

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