Thursday July 22, 2021

Luxury rail-tour company Rocky Mountaineer will launch their Denver to Moab passenger service in mid-August, yet questions still hang over their plans for unloading passengers. The Canadian-based company say they will disembark passengers on Union Pacific and Intrepid Potash- owned land near state highway 313. But Grand County has yet to see a site plan. That’s because the company is arguing in US District Court that they are not subject to local rules like going through a county permitting process. Plus, the proposal for the creation of a Civilian Climate Corps is moving forward in both chambers of Congress.

Show Notes:

Photo: According to court documents, luxury rail company Rocky Mountaineer plans to disembark passengers in Moab near state highway 313

American Rocky Mountaineer 7/1/21 Complaint
https://www.kzmu.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/ARM-Complaint.pdf

Grand County 7/21/21 Response to ARM Complaint
https://www.kzmu.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/GRAND-Answer-to-Verified-Complaint.EFILED.7.21.21pdf.pdf

Rocky Mountaineer Info
https://www.rockymountaineer.com
Rocky Mountaineer: ‘Introducing our newest route – Rockies to the Red Rocks’
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zj8wSOBQXlM

KGNU: Democratic Lawmakers Push for Creation of Civilian Climate Corps
https://news.kgnu.org/2021/07/democrat-lawmakers-push-for-creation-of-civilian-climate-corp/