CN announced a voluntary mitigation agreement (VMA) with the City of Warrenville, IL, located approximately 30 miles west of Chicago, addressing the municipality's environmental issues with CN's acquisition of the principal lines of the former Elgin, Joliet and Eastern Railway Company (EJ&E). CN completed the acquisition on Jan. 31, 2009, and is running trains over the line.
Under the agreement with Warrenville, CN will provide funding for the creation of a quiet zone, noise mitigation and emergency response training.
CN now has VMAs with 17 municipalities, more than half of the 33 villages and municipalities along the EJ&E in Illinois and Indiana.
CN expects that full integration of the CN and EJ&E networks will be accomplished within three years. CN has been actively engaged with all the communities along the EJ&E line in connection with integration and mitigation activities as well as planned infrastructure improvements. CN will continue to communicate changes in a timely manner to the communities affected by the acquisition.
