Map of the Whitmore Park alternative, the alternative approved by the Surface Transportation Board
Overview
Locale
Uinta Basin, Utah
Technical
Length
100 miles (160 km)
Other
Website
uintabasinrailway.com
The Uinta Basin Rail project is a proposed 100-mile (160 km) rail line[1] to connect the shale oil rich Uinta Basin region of eastern Utah to the national rail network. Numerous proposals have been made, some as far back as 1902, that are still under consideration. The current effort is a public-private partnership between a coalition of 7 counties in Utah, the Rio Grande Pacific Corporation and Drexel Hamilton Infrastructure Partners. The railroad is also backed by the Ute Tribe who hold a 5% stake in the project.[2] If the rail line is built it will be the first major greenfield rail line built in the United States since the Chicago and North Western’s line to the Powder River Basin was built in the early 1980s.[3] The Surface Transportation Board approved construction of the line in December 2021, but in August 2023, a Federal Appeals Court halted the project pending "a more fulsome explanation for the Board’s conclusion that the Railway’s transportation benefits outweighed the project’s environmental impacts".[4][5] In March 2024 the project backers petitioned the US Supreme Court to decide if "...National Environmental Policy Act requires an agency to study environmental impacts beyond the proximate effects of the action over which the agency has regulatory authority". On June 24 the Court agreed to review the Appeals court ruling.[6]
^Cite error: The named reference trains was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
^Railfan & Railroad staff (September 30, 2021). "Tribe Backs Uinta Basin Railroad Construction". railfan.com. White River Productions. Retrieved May 13, 2022.
^Franz, Justin (August 29, 2023). "After Court Rejects Approval, What's Next For Uinta Basin Railway?". railfan.com. Retrieved April 2, 2024.
^Cite error: The named reference TDP 2023-08-28 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
^Luczak, Marybeth (December 5, 2023). "Report: Court Will Not Rehear Uinta Basin Railway Case". Railway Age. Retrieved December 6, 2023.
^"Supreme Court to review decision blocking Uinta Basin project". Trains.com. Waukesha, Wisconsin: Kalmbach Media. June 25, 2024. Retrieved June 25, 2024.
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