Great Lakes Basin Transportation Inc. provided daily traffic estimateson segments of its proposed railroad.
The project would run from Rock County, Wisconsin through six Illinois counties in order to bypass congested Chicago freight lines.
In the first year, the company expects up to two trains per day on the Wisconsin and Rockford segments, four to eight trains per day near Rochelle, and 11 to 20 trains per day around Earlville. The highest traffic estimates are around Manteno in Kankakee County, at 21-35 trains per day in the first year.
The information was submitted to the federal Surface Transportation Board as part of its environmental impact statement.
The Board now wants the project to provide information on the route’s key “anchor points” by next Wednesday.